Augustine and Academic Skepticism : A Philosophical Study /

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Among the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dutton, Blake D. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2016]
Temas:
Skepticism.
Christianity.
Religious Studies.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Augustine and the Academics
  • Part I. Discrediting Academic Skepticism as a Philosophical Practice
  • 2. Socrates, the Academics, and the Good Life
  • 3. Happiness, Wisdom, and the Insufficiency of Inquiry
  • 4. The Inaction Objection
  • 5. Inquiry and Belief on Authority
  • 6. The Error of the Academics
  • Afterword to Part I
  • Part II. Vindicating the Possibility of Knowledge
  • 7. The Academic Denial of the Possibility of Knowledge
  • 8. The Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy
  • 9. Platonism and the Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy
  • 10. Defense of the Senses
  • 11. First-Person Truths
  • Afterword to Part II
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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