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academic scepticism
ancient Greek philosophy
Ancient Scepticism
Ancient Sceptics
Author_Harald Thorsrud
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Fallible Justification
Good Life
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LS 69A
Mature Sceptic
Metaphysical Indeterminacy
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Negatively Dogmatic
Persuasive Impressions
Philosophical Fallibilism
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Primary Natural Goods
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Pyrrhonian Scepticism
Pyrrhonist Discourses
Reciprocal Mode
Sceptical Academy
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Sceptical Assent
Sceptical Disposition
Sceptical Practice
Sea Water
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Sorites Argument
Stoic Epistemology
stoicism debate
suspension of judgement
Vice Versa
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Product details
- ISBN 9781844651313
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 from its later form - Academic Scepticism - which arose when its ideas were introduced into Plato's Academy in the third century BCE. He also unravels the prolonged controversy that developed between Academic Scepticism and Stoicism, the prevailing dogmatism of the day. Steering an even course through the many differences of scholarly opinion surrounding Scepticism, Thorsrud provides a balanced appraisal of its enduring significance by showing why it remains so philosophically interesting and how ancient interpretations differ from modern ones.
Harald Thorsrud is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Agnes Scott College, Georgia, USA.
