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Sextus Empiricus' Neo-Pyrrhonism - Skepticism as a Rationally Ordered Experience (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
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Sextus Empiricus' Neo-Pyrrhonism - Skepticism as a Rationally Ordered Experience (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Series: Synthese Library, 457
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This book offers a comprehensive interpretation of Sextus Empiricus
based on his own view of what he calls the distinctive character of
skepticism. It focuses on basic topics highlighted by this ancient
philosopher concerning Pyrrhonism, a kind of skepticism named for
Pyrrho: its concept, its principles, its reason, its criteria, its
goals. In the first part, the author traces distinct phases in the
life and philosophical development of a talented person, from the
pre-philosophical phase where philosophy was perceived as the
solution to life's disturbing anomalies, through his initial
philosophical investigation in order to find truth where the basic
experience is that of a huge disagreement between philosophers, to
the final phase where he finally recognises that his experience is
similar to that of the skeptical school and adheres to skepticism.
The second part is devoted to explain the nature of his skepticism.
It presents an original interpretation, for it claims that the
central role in Sextus' Neo-Pyrrhonism is played by a skeptical
logos, a rationale or way of reasoning. This is what unifies and
articulates the skeptical orientation. The skeptic goes on
investigating truth, but in a new condition, for he is now
tranquil, and he has a skeptical method of his own. He has also
acquired a special ability in order to balance both sides of an
opposition, which involves a number of different skills. Finally,
the author examines the skeptical life generated by this
philosophical experience where he lives a life without opinions and
dogmas; it is an engaged life, deeply concerned with our everyday
actions and values. Readers will gain a deeper insight into the
philosophy of Pyrrhonism as presented by Sextus Empiricus, as well
as understand the meaning of anomalia, zetesis, epokhe, ataraxia,
and other important ideas of this philosophy.
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