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Zusatztext This is a uniquely comprehensive collection, comprised of lucid, informative and up to date essays by world renowned experts on their topics. The volume will serve as an indispensable resource for both students and scholars of skepticism, skeptical traditions, and skeptical arguments. The volume is a true tour de force. Informationen zum Autor Diego E. Machuca is Associate Researcher in Philosophy at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina. He is co-editor of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism and of Brill Studies in Skepticism . Baron Reed is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University, USA.The first in-depth survey of the entire history of skepticism, covering ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern and contemporary periods. Zusammenfassung Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind.By exploring each of the distinct traditions and providing expert insights, this extensive reference work: - covers major thinkers such as Sextus Empiricus, Cicero, Descartes, Hume, Spinoza, and Wittgenstein.- acknowledges the influence of ancient skeptical traditions on later philosophy and explains why it is still a fertile topic of inquiry among today’s philosophers and historians of philosophy.- analyzes various forms of skepticism including Pyrrhonian, Academic, religious, moral, and neo-Pyrrhonian.- addresses issues in contemporary epistemology and indicates new directions of study.Skepticism, a driving force in the history of philosophy, remains at the center of debates in ethics, philosophy of religion, epistemology, and the philosophy of mind. Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an essential point of reference for any student, researcher, or practitioner of philosophy, presenting a systematic and historical survey of this core philosophical topic. Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction, Baron Reed and Diego Machuca Part I: Ancient Skepticism Introduction, Diego Machuca 1. Cyrenaicism, Richard Bett 2. Pyrrho and Timon, Casey Perin 3. Arcesilaus, Anna Maria Ioppolo 4. Carneades, Harald Thorsrud 5. Aenesidemus, Luca Castagnol i6. Philo of Larissa, Harold Tarrant 7. Cicero, J.P.F. Wynne 8. Menodotus and Medical Empiricism, James Allen 9. Middle Platonism and Skepticism: Plutarch and Favorinus, Carlos Lévy 10. Sextus Empiricus, Tad Brennan and Cliff Roberts 11. Skepticism in Classical Indian Philosophy, Matthew Dasti Part II: Medieval and Renaissance Skepticism Introduction, Diego Machuca 12. Augustine and Skepticism, Stéphane Marchand 13. John of Salisbury's Skepticism, David Bloch ; 14. Skepticism in Classical Islam: The Case of Ghazali, Paul Heck 15. Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan, Christophe Grellard 16. Divine Deception, Henrik Lagerlund 17. Michel de Montaigne, Gianni Paganini 18. Pierre Charron, Gianni Paganini 19. Francisco Sanchez, Damian Caluori Part III: Modern Skepticism Introduction, Baron Reed 20. François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Sylvia Giocanti 21. Gassendi on Skepticism, Antonia LoLordo 22. Descartes and the Force of Skepticism, David Cunning 23. Varieties of Modern Academic Skepticism: Pierre-Daniel Huet and Simon Foucher, Michael Hickson 24. Spinoza and Skepticism, Alison Peterman 25. Pierre Bayle, John Christian Laursen 26. Berkeley and Skepticism, Margaret Atherton 27. A Pyrrhonian Interpretation of...
