Skepticism in Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Thought - New Interpretations

Informationen zum Autor Edited by Jose Raimundo Maia Neto and Richard H. Popkin Klappentext This second volume in the Journal of the History of Philosophy book series (JHP Books) is devoted to the resurgence of skepticism in the Renaissance and after. It contains eight original essays by historians of early modern philosophy from Europe and North and South America! with concluding remarks by Richard H. Popkin! who reviews fifty years of scholarship on the history of early modern skepticism and evaluates its present stage. The essays uncover new material relevant to the history of skepticism in the period and propose new interpretations of the nature! role! and influence of skepticism from Montaigne to Berkeley. The contributors discuss such important figures as Michel de Montaigne! Thomas Hobbes! Pierre Bayle! Henry More! René Descartes! Pierre-Daniel Huet! Pierre Gassendi! and George Berkeley. By indicating a number of new problems brought about by the early modern philosophers' engagement with and reaction to skepticism! the authors of the important essays in this volume make a major contribution to our understanding of ancient and modern skepticism. Zusammenfassung Contains eight original essays by historians of early modern philosophy from Europe and North and South America! with remarks by Richard H Popkin! who reviews fifty years of scholarship on the history of early modern scepticism.

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• Authors: Jose Raimundo Maia Neto, Jose Raimundo Maia Neto, Jose Raimundo Maia Popkin Neto, Richard H. Popkin
• Assisted by: Jose Raimundo Maia Neto (Editor), Jose R. Maia Neto (Editor), Jose Raimundo Maia Neto (Editor), Richard H Popkin (Editor), Richard H. Popkin (Editor)
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2004
• EAN: 9781591021568
• ISBN: 978-1-59102-156-8
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: JHP Books; JHP Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day