Sceptical Paths: Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the Present

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2019

Sceptical Paths

Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the Present

Edited by: Giuseppe Veltri , Racheli Haliva , Stephan Schmid and Emidio Spinelli
Funded by: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Volume 6 in the series Studies and Texts in Scepticism

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110591040

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Sceptical Paths offers a fresh look at key junctions in the history of scepticism. Throughout this collection, key figures are reinterpreted, key arguments are reassessed, lesser-known figures are reintroduced, accepted distinctions are challenged, and new ideas are explored.

The historiography of scepticism is usually based on a distinction between ancient and modern. The former is understood as a way of life which focuses on enquiry, whereas the latter is taken to be an epistemological approach which focuses on doubt. The studies in Sceptical Paths not only deepen the understanding of these approaches, but also show how ancient sceptical ideas find their way into modern thought, and modern sceptical ideas are anticipated in ancient thought. Within this state of affairs, the presence of sceptical arguments within Medieval philosophy is reflected in full force, not only enriching the historical narrative, but also introducing another layer to the sceptical discourse, namely its employment within theological settings.

The various studies in this book exhibit the rich variety of expression in which scepticism manifests itself within various context and set against various philosophical and religious doctrines, schools, and approaches.

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Giuseppe Veltri, Racheli Haliva and Stephan Schmid, Hamburg University, Germany, Emidio Spinelli, University of Rome, Italy.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
Philo of Alexandria vs. Descartes: An Ignored Jewish Premonitory Critic of the Cogito Carlos Lévy Open Access Download PDF	5
Sextus Εmpiricus’s use of dunamis Stéphane Marchand Open Access Download PDF	23
Does Pyrrhonism Have Practical or Epistemic Value? Diego E. Machuca Open Access Download PDF	43
endoxa and the Theology of Aristotle in Avicenna’s “Flying Man”: Contexts for Similarities with Sceptical and Cartesian Arguments in Avicenna Heidrun Eichner Open Access Download PDF	67
The Problem of Many Gods in al-Ghazālī, Averroes, Maimonides, Crescas, and Sforno Warren Zev Harvey Open Access Download PDF	83
What is Maimonidean Scepticism? Josef Stern Open Access Download PDF	97
Medieval Scepticism and Divine Deception Henrik Lagerlund Open Access Download PDF	127
Spinoza on Global Doubt José María Sánchez de León Serrano Open Access Download PDF	147
Scepticism in Early Modern Times Sébastien Charles Open Access Download PDF	165
Three Varieties of Early Modern Scepticism Stephan Schmid Open Access Download PDF	181
Narrowing of “Know” as a Contextualist Strategy against Cartesian Sceptical Conclusions Nancy Abigail Nuñez Hernández Open Access Download PDF	203
List of Contributors Open Access Download PDF	221
Index Open Access Download PDF	223

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy, Epistemology, Jewish Philosophy
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 226
Keywords: Scepticism; Jewish philosophy; medieval philosophy; early modern philosophy.

eBook

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110591040

Hardcover

Published: September 2, 2019
ISBN: 9783110589603