Ancient scepticism

Ancient scepticism

by Thorsrud, Harald

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Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores t…

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  • Full title :Ancient scepticism / Harald Thorsrud.

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Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiricus in the second century CE. Thorsrud explores the differences among Sceptics and examines in particular the separation of the Scepticism of Pyrrho f.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2009.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Acumen
  • Place of Publication:Stocksfield [U.K.]
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2009.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (xvi, 248 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781844654093, 1844654095, 9781317492832, 1317492838, 131749282X, 9781317492825, 1315711737, 9781315711737, 1282947303, 9781282947306, 9786612947308, 6612947306
  • DOI:10.4324/9781315711737
  • oclc:ocn715184861
  • LC Classification:B613
  • Dewey Decimal:186

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Pyrrho and Timon: the origin of Pyrrhonian scepticism -- Arcesilaus: the origin of academic scepticism -- Carneades -- Cicero: the end of the sceptical academy -- Aenesidemus: the Pyrrhonian revival -- Sextus empiricus: the consistency of Pyrrhonian -- Scepticism -- Pyrrhonian arguments -- The (ordinary) life of a Pyrrhonist.

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Subjects

PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys Pyrrhon, von Elis Pyrrhon,, of Elis Pyrrhonismus Scepticisme Sceptiques (Philosophie grecque) Skeptics (Greek philosophy) Skeptizismus

Writers

Thorsrud, Harald

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