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Escepticismo y anti-intelectualismo: una revisión del ideal socrático desde la perspectiva pirrónica

Tópicos, 2014
The purpose of this paper is twofold. Firstly, I argue directly for the thesis according to which, skepticism and anti-intellectualism associated with Pyrrhonism constitute a radical rejection of what I refer to in this paper as “the Socratic ideal” –a ...
Jorge Ornelas
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Skepticism [PDF]

, 2018
In this chapter I sympathetically consider the idea that skepticism is an epistemic virtue. I argue that this depends on whether skepticism is admirable, and articulate three defenses of skepticism as admirable: a Pyrrhonian defense (on which skepticism
Hazlett, Allan, Allan Hazlett
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The Pyrrhonian Argument from Possible Disagreement [PDF]

, 2011
In his Pyrrhonian Outlines, Sextus Empiricus employs an argument based upon the possibility of disagreement in order to show that one should not assent to a Dogmatic claim to which at present one cannot oppose a rival claim.
Machuca, Diego Emanuel, Machuca, Diego E.   +1 more
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Disjunctivism and Skepticism [PDF]

, 2011
Disjunctivism is the view that perceptual experience is either constituted by fact in the world or mere appearance. This view is said to be able to guarantee our cognitive contact with the world, and thus remove a crucial “prop” upon which skepticism ...
WANG Huaping
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Ancient Skepticism: Pyrrhonism [PDF]

, 2011
Pyrrhonism was one of the two main ancient skeptical traditions. In this second paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present and discuss some of the issues on Pyrrhonian skepticism which have been the focus of much attention in
Diego E. Machuca, Machuca, Diego Emanuel, Machuca, Diego E.   +2 more
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The Role of Skeptical Evidence in the First and Second “Meditations”. Article 1. The Doubt according to Descartes and Sextus Empiricus

Sententiae, 2016
The first article of the cycle “The role of skeptical evidence in the First and Second ‘Meditations’” compares the Cartesian and Sextus Empiricus’ concepts of doubt in, respectively, “Metaphysical meditations” and “Outlines of Pyrrhonism”.
Oleg Khoma
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From Pyrrho to Sextus Empiricus: The Philosophical Roots of Postmodern Political Theory in Ancient Greek Skepticism

Philosophies
In this article, the philosophical (critical) continuity between ancient Greek skepticism (Pyrrhonism) and postmodern political theory is pointed out.
Ziya Kıvanç Kıraç, Fırat Kargıoğlu, Oğuzhan Göktolga   +2 more
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Skepticism and Ontological Parsimony

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 2, Page 86-98, June 2026.
ABSTRACT External world skepticism is often thought to entail that we should suspend judgment about the existence of the external world. I challenge this orthodoxy by arguing that, when combined with a plausible principle of ontological parsimony, the skeptical challenge intensifies into an argument for outright disbelief in the external world.
James H. McIntyre
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Ancient Skepticism: The Skeptical Academy [PDF]

, 2011
Ancient philosophy knew two main skeptical traditions: the Pyrrhonian and the Academic. In this final paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present some of the topics about Academic skepticism which have recently been much ...
Machuca, Diego, Machuca, Diego Emanuel, Diego Machuca   +2 more
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Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Volume 62, Issue 2, Spring 2026.
ABSTRACT In Section One of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume distinguishes between two sorts of writing on human nature: first, one that appeals to common sense to make virtue seem attractive and, second, one that attempts to describe the principles governing the mind.
Michael Jacovides
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