The Skeptical Dynamis and Its Pragmatic Possibilities

This monograph reevaluates a school of thought concerned with truth and inquiry. It examines the critique which asserts that it's not possible to live this Early Greek philosophy in practice. The investigation also details new discoveries on the reception of Skepticism by Empiricist Doctors, Ea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinto de Brito, Rodrigo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1. On the Apraxia Argument. 1. Introduction
  • 2. Apraxia and the Development of Ancient Skepticisms
  • 3. Academics X Stoics
  • 4. Sextus Empiricus
  • Part 2. The Skeptic and the Crafts. 5. Sextus Empiricus and the Elements
  • 6. Sextus Against the Rhetoricians
  • 7. Sextus and a Positive Conception of Techne
  • 8. Final Remarks: On the Receiption of Skeptical Arguments and Their Transmission
  • References
  • Appendices