Results 181 to 190 of about 21,881 (245)

Sextus and External World Skepticism

, 2021
Chapter 14 discusses the scope of Pyrrhonian skepticism and how it compares with the scope of Cartesian skepticism, with a focus on external world skepticism. At least three general views have been held.
Gail Fine
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sicily between eras: from the power of Sextus Pompey to the reorganization of Augustus

Человек и культура
The subject of this research is the historical process of the transformation of Sicily at the end of the 1st century BC, covering the period of Sextus Pompey’s rule and the subsequent administrative reorganization carried out by Octavian Augustus.
Vladislav YUr'evich Lenchuk
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sextus Empiricus on Induction and Grammatical Rules

APEIRON: a journal for ancient philosophy and science
This paper explores Sextus Empiricus’ critique of induction, with a particular focus on his arguments against universal grammatical rules in Against the Grammarians (M1 221–227).
Leonardo Chiocchetti
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Shadow of Sextus Pompeius in Virgil’s Aeneid

Studia Antiqua et Archaeologica
The article argues that Virgil's Aeneid contains subtle allusions to Sextus Pompeius, a rival of Octavian. These references appear in several key episodes, including the storms faced by Aeneas's fleet, which mirror Octavian's naval disasters against ...
Lee Fratantuono
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sextus Empiricus on the Third Unproved

History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis
In his attack on Stoic Logic, Sextus Empiricus goes through each of the five Stoic unproveds and shows that they suffer from being redundant. An argument is redundant just in case it is valid if one of the premisses is removed: redundant arguments have ...
Benjamin Morison
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Investigation and Tranquillity in Sextus Empiricus

Phronesis
Sextus Empiricus tells us that the sceptics conduct investigations. Genuine investigations are commonly taken to have some connection with the aim of discovering truth.
Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Linguistic Muddle. Sextus’ Arguments against Universals at PH 2.227–8

Phronesis
At Outlines of Pyrrhonism (PH) 2.227–8, Sextus Empiricus argues that certain entities which his adversaries hold to be one and the same for different individuals are in fact not.
Michele Pecorari
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Did Descartes Read Sextus’s Outlines of Pyrrhonism? A Preliminary Study

The European Legacy
This article is an attempt to answer the question whether Descartes had read Sextus Empiricus’s Outlines of Pyrrhonism. At first glance, the question seems trivial.
Ayumu Tamura
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus

, 2020
Pyrrhonian skepticism is defined by its commitment to inquiry. The Greek work skepsis means inquiry—not doubt, or whatever else later forms of skepticism took to be at the core of skeptical philosophy.

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Sextus Versus a Galenic Doctor on Fallacies

History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis
In antiquity, it was a lively debated question whether medicine requires logic. I argue that Sextus Empiricus, a Pyrrhonian skeptic and Empiricist, contributed to this debate with an argument to the effect that the solution of medical fallacies does ...
Johanna Helene Schmitt
semanticscholar   +1 more source