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Digital Classics Online, 2017 The paper argues that the (obviously fictional) quote attributed to the legendary Scythian sage Anacharsis in the work of the sceptic Sextus Empircus is more likely to be understood as some kind of ironical twist than as a substantial hint towards a ...
Friedrich Meins
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Some blunt instruments of dogmatic logic: Sextus Empiricus’s sceptical attack [PDF]
, 2017 Within a sort of conceptually homogeneous logical-epistemological arsenal that reflects a perspective marked by the dichotomy true/false, I would like to focus on one of the ‘logical’ sections of Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism, book II, namely:
Emidio Spinelli
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Epistemic Abstainers, Epistemic Martyrs, and Epistemic Converts [PDF]
, 2010 An intuitive view regarding the epistemic significance of disagreement says that when epistemic peers disagree, they should suspend judgment. This abstemious view seems to embody a kind of detachment appropriate for rational beings; moreover, it seems to
Aikin, Scott F. +2 more
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Evidentialism, justification, and knowledge‐first
Noûs, Volume 59, Issue 1, Page 22-46, March 2025.Abstract This paper examines the relationship between evidentialism, knowledge‐first epistemology, (E=K) in particular, and justification. Evidentialism gives an account of justified belief in terms of evidence but is silent on the nature of evidence. Knowledge‐first tells us what evidence is but stands in need of an agreed account of justification. So
Alexander Bird
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What is wrong with lekta? Ancient critics of Stoic logic and language
Methodos, 2019 In this paper, the Stoic theory of lekta is presented from the point of view of three main critical responses: the Peripatetics, Sextus Empiricus and an internal challenge posed by Seneca. The critiques focus on questions about language, but the detailed
Ada Bronowski
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On the nature of ceramics technology: from Empedocles to Dawkins
Archaeometry, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 55-71, February 2025.Abstract This contribution discusses salient aspects of the development of ceramics technology from its invention to the present, and the role ceramics have played during the cultural development and technological progress of ancient and modern societies. The conjecture is being advanced that the transformation of ceramic production modes from holistic,
Robert B. Heimann
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ANCORA SULLO STATUTO VERITATIVO DELLA SENSAZIONE IN EPICURO
Lexicon Philosophicum, 2018 The main goals of this article are, on the one hand, to show the peculiar features of the Epicurean view of sense-perception (aisthesis), the first criterion of truth of Epicurus’ canonic; and, on the other hand, to critically discuss a recent ...
Francesco Verde
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Philosophical Issues, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 167-183, October 2024.Abstract Several authors have recently argued that knowledge is not the aim of inquiry since it can make sense to inquire into a question even though one knows the answer. I argue that this a faulty diagnostic for determining whether one has met the constitutive standard of success of an activity type. The constitutive standards of success tell us when
Jaakko Hirvelä
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Sobre Contra os Gramáticos, de Sexto Empírico
DoisPontos, 2007 This paper wants to show some points on Sextus Empiricus’ Against the Grammarians. This research has been made with some questions in the horizon – frighten ones.
Ana Paula El-Jaick
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