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The Demands of Reason - An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism (Paperback)
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The Demands of Reason - An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism (Paperback)
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Sextus Empiricus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism is one of the most
important and influential texts in the history of Greek philosophy.
In The Demands of Reason Casey Perin exams those aspects of
Pyrrhonian Scepticism as Sextus describes it in the Outlines that
are of special philosophical significance: its commitment to the
search for truth and to certain principles of rationality, its
scope, and its consequences for action and agency. Perin argues
that the Sceptic is engaged in the search for truth and that since
this is so, the Sceptic aims to satisfy certain basic rational
requirements. He explains how the fact that the Sceptic has this
aim makes it necessary, as Sextus says it is, for the Sceptic to
suspend judgment under certain conditions. Perin defends an
interpretation of the scope of Scepticism according to which the
Sceptic has no beliefs about how things are rather than merely
appear to him to be. He then explores whether, and how, Sextus can
respond to the objection that since the Sceptic lacks beliefs of
this kind, he cannot act and Scepticism is not, as Sextus claims it
is, a possible way of life.
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