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Pyrrhonism and Hume's rejection of induction [PDF]

, 2012
Sextus' rejection of induction poses a serious problem for Charlotte Stough's classical interpretation of Pyrrhonism. Her explanation of Pyrrhonist action is not available to the classical interpretation, because it implies that a Pyrrhonean has beliefs ...
Bogdanovski, Mašan
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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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Agrippan pyrrhonism and the challenge of disagreement [PDF]

, 2015
This paper argues for the following three claims. First, the Agrippan mode from disagreement does not play a secondary role in inducing suspension of judgment.
Machuca, Diego Emanuel, Machuca, Diego E.   +1 more
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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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Montaigne et les Academica de Cicéron

Astérion, 2013
In this paper, I offer a reconsideration of the question about the relation between pyrrhonism and Academic skepticism in Montaigne’s Essais. I argue that he had taken from the start these two skeptical tendencies as rather similar and even compatible ...
Luiz Eva
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Sextovo pojetí pyrrhónské skepse jako nedogmatický způsob každodenního života

Reflexe
The paper examines Sextus’ concept of Pyrrhonian Scepticism, as presented in his Outlines of Pyrrhonism (Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις). Contemporary scholarship is in disagreement as to the appropriate meaning of Sextus’ work: whether the Sceptic suspends ...
Grigoris Vasiliadis
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Acting as a Pyrrhonist [PDF]

, 2022
Parallels between the ancient Hellenistic philosophies of the Stoics and Epicureans, on the one hand, and modern cognitive psychotherapy, on the other, are well known and a topic of current discussion.
Mattes, Josef
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La naturalidad del escepticismo

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2012
In this article I examine M. Williams’ antisceptical strategy of considering skepticism as an unnatural position philosophically charged, which for him implies that skepticism has nothing to do with our epistemic practices.
Jesús Antonio Coll Mármol
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Can a skeptic be pious and why would he be? Lessons from ancient Pyrrhonism [PDF]

Belgrade Philosophical Annual
The Pyrrhonian skeptics argue that we should suspend belief about everything because, according to them, there are mutually exclusive accounts for and against every object of investigation, and because there are no good reasons to prefer either of the ...
Stojanović Pavle
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Crise e Consciência : ensaio sobre a descristianização de Portugal no século XVII [PDF]

Via Spiritus, 2016
It is the purpose of this paper to understand unbelief and religious indifference in early modern Portugal, based on a retrospective analysis starting from the transition from XVIIth to XVIIIth century back to early seventeenth-century.
António Vitor Ribeiro
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