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The Role of Skeptical Evidence in the First and Second “Meditations”. Article 2. Certitudo
Sententiae, 2017 The author argues that according to Sextus Empiricus, (a) the "sensual" nature of the phenomenon is a metaphorical notion, since it is indistinguishably extended both to sensuality and thinking; (b) the phenomenon manifest itself with irresistible force ...
Oleg Khoma
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Hume’s Academic Scepticism: A Reappraisal of His Philosophy of Human Understanding [PDF]
, 1986 A philosopher once wrote the following words:If I examine the PTOLOMAIC and COPERNICAN systems, I endeavour only, by my enquiries, to know the real situation of the planets; that is, in other words, I endeavour to give them, in my conception, the same ...
Wright, John P.
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From rational creatures to the rational Creator: ancient and patristic analogies of the “fine-tuning” argument [PDF]
Вестник Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета: Серия I. Богословие, философия, 2017 In this article the author deals with the proofs of the existence of God, based on the fact of the presence of rational beings in the world. These proofs can be found in Greek and Roman Classical philosophy and early Patristics, and can be viewed as an ...
Alexey Fokin
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Skepticism: Historical and logical forms and perspectives [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. Педагогика, 2022 Introduction. The permanent relevance of skepticism is due to its ancestral connection with philosophy. The problematic nature of the definition of «skepticism» in the conditions of post-non-classical ambiguity of modern social development determines the
Maslov, Vadim Mikhailovich
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The modes of Agrippa: On the refutation of the ground of all knowledge
Pensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2017 The modes expounded by the ancient sceptics became a point of reference for those who try to prove, reach any truth or justify any belief. Due to it, this paper analyses the objections of the sceptic philosophers later to Aenesidemus and previous to ...
Ignacio García Peña
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Commentary on the Ukrainian translation of Sextus Empiricus' "Outlines on Pyrrhonism" (I, 1-13)
Sententiae, 2021 Some terms from Outlines of Pyrrhonism (I: 1-13) are problematic for Ukrainian translation. The commentary justifies the Ukrainian equivalents for those terms, in particular, "uyavlennia" for phantasia (not "vrazhennia"!), "pidvplyvnyi stan" for pathos ...
Oleg Khoma
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Montaigne, Estienne et l’invention de l’apparence [PDF]
, 2008 La disparition de la notion technique de species dans les Essais de Montaigne est caractéristique de la transformation qui est intervenue dans la mise en place du procès de la connaissance. La théorie de l’espèce est alors remplacée par une doctrine de l’
Paganini, Gianni
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Nothing to Fear from this Thought: Montaigne, Pyrrhonism, and Reformation
Ideas y Valores, 2014 M. de Montaigne was a child of both the Renaissance and the Reformation, as well as a lucid follower of Sextus Empiricus. The article shows how Pyrrhonism led him to question the beliefs of his time and to abide by the prevailing customs and laws.
Manuel Tizziani
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Outlines on Pyrrhonism by Sextus Empiricus: paradigm of terms and translation intentions
Sententiae, 2020 The article considers the principles underpinning the Ukrainian translation of Sextus Empiricus’ Outlines of Pyrrhonism and the translation strategy employed to render the fundamental concepts of his philosophy.
Lesia Zvonska
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