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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1. Verfasser: Brito, Rodrigo Pinto de, 19..-
Format: Livre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Cham : Springer International Publishing [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Schriftenreihe:Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science 455
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.