ISBN:
9789004525405
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 203 Seiten
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2022
Series Statement:
Brill studies in skepticism volume 5
Series Statement:
Brill studies in skepticism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Living skepticism
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Skeptizismus
Abstract:
"Skepticism has always been a fundamental way of thinking philosophically, since its crucial role in helping to create the conditions for philosophy in ancient Greece. But the contemporary philosophical reception of skepticism, whether ancient or modern, seems to have largely forgotten, and left underexplored, its preeminent place in the history of philosophy. This is no doubt partly due to our living in an age of science, for the typical scientific attitude to skepticism is that it is an "overreaction" (Quine 1981: 473-475, 475), as if it could be relatively easily tamed by a due respect for the sober discoveries and technological advances of the sciences; particularly the natural sciences"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
