The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism [electronic resource] / Edited by Richard Bett

Author:: Bett, Richard
Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (392 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

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Cambridge companions to philosophy

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Machine generated contents note: I.Origins and Development -- 1.Antecedents in early Greek philosophy / Mi-Kyoung Lee -- 2.Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism / Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson -- 3.Arcesilaus and Cameades / Harald Thorsrud -- 4.The sceptical Academy: decline and afterlife / Carlos Levy -- 5.Aenesidemus and the rebirth of Pyrrhonism / R. J. Hankinson -- 6.Sextus Empiricus / Pierre Pellegrin -- II.Topics and Problems -- 7.Scepticism and belief / Casey Perin -- 8.Scepticism and action / Katja Maria Vogt -- 9.Scepticism and ethics / Richard Bett -- 10.Academics versus Pyrrhonists, reconsidered / Gisela Striker -- 11.The Pyrrhonian Modes / Paul Woodruff -- 12.Pyrrhonism and medicine / James Allen -- 13.Pyrrhonism and the specialized sciences / Emidio Spinelli -- III.Beyond Antiquity -- 14.The rediscovery and posthumous influence of scepticism / Luciano Floridi -- 15.Descartes' transformation of the sceptical tradition / Michael Williams.

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9781139002882 (ebook)
9780521874762 (hardback)

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