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Hume on the Prospects for a Scientific Psychology. [PDF]
J Hist Behav SciABSTRACT 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.
Jacovides M.
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The Practical Price of Pyrrhonism
Philosophies, 2023 Sextus Empiricus presents Pyrrhonism as a skeptical lifestyle that is appealing, in large part, because of the tranquility it appears to afford. Addressing concerns about the practicality of such a lifestyle, Sextus suggests that Pyrrhonists can lead ...
Jeremy Byrd
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Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality [PDF]
Elenchos, 2013 Abstract In this paper, I critically engage with Casey Perin's interpretation of Sextan Pyrrhonism in his recent book, The Demands of Reason: An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism. From an approach that is both exegetical and systematic, I explore a number of issues concerning the Pyrrhonist's inquiry into truth, his alleged commitment to ...
Diego E Machuca
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“CURING” PYRRHONIAN DOUBT: ANTI-SKEPTICAL RHETORIC IN THE EARLY 18TH CENTURY [PDF]
Societate şi Politică, 2012 By examining the analogies of sickness and disease used by severalopponents of philosophical skepticism (Pyrrhonism) in the early 18th century, this articlewill shed light on the rhetorical strategies used in attempts to undermine the revival ofthis ...
Anton MATYTSIN
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Does Pyrrhonism Have Practical or Epistemic Value? [PDF]
, 2019 My purpose in this paper is to examine whether Pyrrhonian skepticism, as this stance is described in Sextus Empiricus’s extant works, has practical or epistemic value.
Diego E Machuca
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Ancient Skepticism: Pyrrhonism
Philosophy Compass, 2011 Abstract 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 the recent literature.
Diego E Machuca
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Neo-Pyrrhonism: a contemporary version of skepticism
Sententiae, 2023 This paper presents and argues for a contemporary version of skepticism: neo-Pyrrhonism. Interest in the history of skepticism engendered a new, more complex and attractive conception of skepticism.
Plínio Junqueira Smith
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Sententiae, 2022 Review of Smith, P. (2022). Sextus Empiricus’ Neo-Pyrrhonism: Skepticism as a Rationally Ordered Experience. Cham: Springer.
Oleksandr Lukovyna
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Fostering and assessing student critical thinking: From theory to teaching practice
European Journal of Education, Volume 58, Issue 3, Page 354-368, September 2023., 2023 Abstract In an age of innovation and digitalisation, critical thinking has become one of the most valued skills in the labour market. This paper shows how teachers can empower students to develop their students' critical thinking. After recalling why critical thinking matters for democracy and the economy, a definition of critical thinking is outlined.
Stéphan Vincent‐Lancrin
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The Coherence of Buddhism: Relativism, Ethics, and Psychology
Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 51, Issue 2, Page 321-341, June 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT This essay defends a Buddhist answer to the question of how a skeptical tradition might account for its moral position. Two domains in Buddhist thought and practice are often considered to be dissimilar, perhaps contradictory. On the one hand, there is an aspiration to nirvana and a philosophy that describes everything as “emptiness” and ...
Jonathan C. Gold
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