Format:
XII, 380 S.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. New York Cambridge Collections Online Online-Ressource Cambridge companions online
Edition:
Cambridge collections online
Edition:
The Cambridge companions to philosophy, religion and culture
ISBN:
9780521874762
,
9780521697545
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions
Content:
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and ethics. Finally, they explore the effects which these forms of scepticism had beyond the ancient period, and the ways in which ancient scepticism differs from scepticism as it has been understood since Descartes. The volume will serve as an accessible and wide-ranging introduction to the subject for non-specialists, while also offering considerable depth and detail for more advanced readers.
Content:
Antecedents in early Greek philosophy / Mi-Kyoung Lee -- Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism / Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson -- Arcesilaus and Carneades / Harald Thorsrud -- The sceptical Academy: decline and afterlife / Carlos Lévy -- Aenesidemus and the rebirth of Pyrrhonism / R.J. Hankinson -- Sextus Empiricus / Pierre Pellegrin -- Scepticism and belief / Casey Perin -- Scepticism and action / Katja Maria Vogt -- Scepticism and ethics / Richard Bett -- Academics versus Pyrrhonists, reconsidered / Gisela Striker -- The Pyrrhonian Modes / Paul Woodruff -- Pyrrhonism and medicine / James Allen -- Pyrrhonism and the specialized sciences / Emidio Spinelli -- The rediscovery and posthumous influence of scepticism / Luciano Floridi -- Descartes' transformation of the sceptical tradition / Michael Williams
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Antecedents in early Greek philosophy
,
Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism
,
Arcesilaus and Carneades
,
The sceptical Academy: decline and afterlife
,
Aenesidemus and the rebirth of Pyrrhonism
,
Sextus Empiricus
,
Scepticism and belief
,
Scepticism and action
,
Scepticism and ethics
,
Academics versus Pyrrhonists, reconsidered
,
The Pyrrhonian Modes
,
Pyrrhonism and medicine
,
Pyrrhonism and the specialized sciences
,
The rediscovery and posthumous influence of scepticism
,
Descartes' transformation of the sceptical tradition
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781139002882
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521874762
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to ancient scepticism Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 ISBN 9780521697545
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521874762
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to ancient scepticism
Language:
English
Subjects:
Philosophy
Keywords:
Antike
;
Skeptizismus
;
Griechenland
;
Römisches Reich
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/CCOL9780521874762
Author information:
Bett, Richard 1957-