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2006
AbstractThis chapter applies the general epistemology in Chapter 5 to moral beliefs in particular, and discusses the relevance of moral nihilism. It presents a moderate classy Pyrrhonian moral skepticism, which claims that some moral beliefs can be justified out of a modest contrast class, but no moral beliefs can be justified out of an unlimited ...
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AbstractThis chapter applies the general epistemology in Chapter 5 to moral beliefs in particular, and discusses the relevance of moral nihilism. It presents a moderate classy Pyrrhonian moral skepticism, which claims that some moral beliefs can be justified out of a modest contrast class, but no moral beliefs can be justified out of an unlimited ...
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Historical Reflections on Classical Pyrrhonism and Neo‐Pyrrhonism
2004Abstract This essay argues that ancient Pyrrhonists did not decide to suspend judgment, but rather claimed to have found themselves unable to arrive at any judgment. By giving up the attempt, they also claimed to have unexpectedly reached tranquility, then followed the customs of ordinary life without ever claiming to have found the ...
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International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 1999
Robert Fogelin agrees that arguments for Cartesian sceptism carry a heavy burden of theoretical commitment, for they take for granted, explicitly or implicitly, the foundationalist's idea that experimental knowledge is in some fully general way 'epistemologically prior' to knowledge of the world. He thinks, however, that there is a much more direct and
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Robert Fogelin agrees that arguments for Cartesian sceptism carry a heavy burden of theoretical commitment, for they take for granted, explicitly or implicitly, the foundationalist's idea that experimental knowledge is in some fully general way 'epistemologically prior' to knowledge of the world. He thinks, however, that there is a much more direct and
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2004
Abstract This essay traces the roots of Wittgenstein’s Pyrrhonism to Mauthner, and argues that Wittgenstein’s later views moved even closer to those of Mauthner, although Wittgenstein never became as thoroughgoing a Pyrrhonian as Mauthner had been.
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Abstract This essay traces the roots of Wittgenstein’s Pyrrhonism to Mauthner, and argues that Wittgenstein’s later views moved even closer to those of Mauthner, although Wittgenstein never became as thoroughgoing a Pyrrhonian as Mauthner had been.
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2000
Abstract ‘One of the few brands of skepticism in the history of philosophy to … accept—and even embrace—the charge of self-refutation is Pyrrhonism, especially as it is represented to us by our most extensive source for Pyrrhonist “doctrine”, Sextus Empiricus.’’ Starting from this remark, in his ‘Skeptical Homeopathy and Selfrefutation ...
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Abstract ‘One of the few brands of skepticism in the history of philosophy to … accept—and even embrace—the charge of self-refutation is Pyrrhonism, especially as it is represented to us by our most extensive source for Pyrrhonist “doctrine”, Sextus Empiricus.’’ Starting from this remark, in his ‘Skeptical Homeopathy and Selfrefutation ...
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2002
Abstract We have already encountered the latin translations of Sextus’ writings. This chapter provides a more detailed analysis. In the Appendix 3, the reader will find the stemmatics of the Latin translations of PH and M in relation to the Greek mss.
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Abstract We have already encountered the latin translations of Sextus’ writings. This chapter provides a more detailed analysis. In the Appendix 3, the reader will find the stemmatics of the Latin translations of PH and M in relation to the Greek mss.
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