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Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus (Hardcover)
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Epistemology After Sextus Empiricus (Hardcover)
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Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for
posterity. His writings contain the most subtle and detailed
versions of the ancient skeptical arguments known as Pyrrhonism,
adding up to a distinctive philosophical approach. Instead of
viewing philosophy as valuable because of the answers it gives to
important questions, Sextus considered the search for answers
itself to be fundamental and offered a philosophy centered on
inquiry. Assuming the point of view of an active inquirer, Sextus
developed arguments concerning conflicting appearances, infinite
regress in argument, dogmatic assertion of premises that are
insufficiently justified, and many other ideas that fascinated
later philosophers of knowledge across the centuries. He provided a
unique perspective on topics of enduring relevance such as
perception, language, logical consequence, belief, ignorance,
disagreement, and induction. While Sextus's importance to
epistemology was appreciated by early modern and modern
philosophers, he is underrepresented in contemporary discussions.
In order to put Sextus back in the center of epistemology, these
essays discuss his influence in the history of modern philosophy as
well as contemporary engagements with Sextus's version of
Pyrrhonian skepticism. The contributors investigate epistemology
after Sextus, addressing four core themes of Sextus's skepticism:
appearances and perception, the structure of justification and
proof, belief and ignorance, and ethics and action. The arguments
presented here bridge the divide between contemporary and ancient
debates about knowledge and skepticism and will appeal to
philosophers interested in epistemology and philosophy of mind as
well as those interested in ancient philosophy and the history of
philosophy more generally.
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