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Title
Pyrrhonism past and present : inquiry, disagreement, self-knowledge, and rationality / Diego E. Machuca.
ISBN
9783030912109 (electronic bk.)
3030912108 (electronic bk.)
9783030912093 (print)
3030912094
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 288 pages) : illustrations.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-91210-9 doi
Call Number
B837
Dewey Decimal Classification
149/.73
Summary
This book explores the nature and significance of Pyrrhonism, the most prominent and influential form of skepticism in Western philosophy. Not only did Pyrrhonism play an important part in the philosophical scene of the Hellenistic and Imperial age, but it also had a tremendous impact on Renaissance and modern philosophy and continues to be a topic of lively discussion among both scholars of ancient philosophy and epistemologists. The focus and inspiration of the book is the brand of Pyrrhonism expounded in the extant works of Sextus Empiricus. Its aim is twofold: to offer a critical interpretation of some of the central aspects of Sextus's skeptical outlook and to examine certain debates in contemporary philosophy from a neo-Pyrrhonian perspective. The first part explores the aim of skeptical inquiry, the defining features of Pyrrhonian argumentation, the epistemic challenge posed by the Modes of Agrippa, and the Pyrrhonist's stance on the requirements of rationality. The second part focuses on present-day discussions of the epistemic significance of disagreement, the limits of self-knowledge, and the nature of rationality. The book will appeal to researchers and graduate students interested in skepticism.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 5, 2022).
Series
Synthese library ; v. 450. 2542-8292
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030912093
Preface
Chapter 1. The Motivation, the Approach, the Plan
Part 1: Pyrrhonism Past
Chapter 2. Pyrrhonian Inquiry
Chapter 3. Argumentation and Persuasiveness
Chapter 4. The Agrippan Modes and the Challenge of Disagreement
Chapter 5. Pyrrhonian Rationality
Part Two: Pyrrhonism Present
Chapter 6. The Epistemology of Disagreement
Chapter 7. Personal Information as Symmetry Breaker
Chapter 8. The Limits of Self-Knowledge. Chapter 9. The Disagreeing about Disagreement Argument
Chapter 10. The Nature of Rationality
Chapter 11. Coda
Index.
