Greek scepticism : anti-realist trends in ancient thought /
In Greek Scepticism Leo Groarke presents a more sympathetic and accurate account of Greek scepticism and its relevance to modern and contemporary thought. He begins with an account of the development of scepticism in pre-Socratic times and concludes with a discussion of the relationship of scepticis...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Montreal, Qué. :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1990.
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Colección: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- I: Toward a New Interpretation of the Sceptics
- The Negative Side of Scepticism
- Standard Criticisms of the Sceptics
- The Positive Side of Scepticism: Mitigated Scepticism
- Moral and Religious Scepticism
- Scepticism as Anti-Realism
- Scepticism and Idealism
- Contemporary Anti-Realism
- Historiography and the Sceptics
- II: Greek Epistemology before the Rise of Scepticism
- Xenophanes
- Heracleitus
- Epicharmus
- Parmenides
- Zeno
- Empedocles
- Anaxagoras
- Summary
- III: The Rise of ScepticismThe Sophists
- Democritus: Atomism, Idealism, and Equanimity
- Protagoras: Utility and Anti-Realist Truth
- Metrodorus and Anaxarchus: Idealism and Equanimity
- Socrates: Mitigated Scepticism
- The Megarians
- Monimus and Cynic Indifference
- The Cyrenaics: External Objects and Other Minds
- Plato
- The Rise of Scepticism
- IV: Early Pyrrhonism
- The Arguments for Early Pyrrhonism
- Pyrrhonism as a Practical Philosophy
- Equanimity and Indifference
- Appearances
- Pyrrhonism and Idealism
- The Consistency of Early PyrrhonismToward Later Pyrrhonism
- V: Scepticism in the Academy
- The Arguments for Academic Scepticism
- Academic Arguments, Probability, and Equal Opposition
- Academic Equanimity
- Arcesilaus and Natural Belief
- The Consistency of Arcesilaus' Outlook
- Arcesilaus and Sextus
- Carneades and Plausibility
- Cicero on the Plausible
- The Consistency of Carneades' Scepticism
- Carneades, Arcesilaus, and Pyrrho
- Philo, Metrodorus, and Cicero
- VI: Later Pyrrhonism
- The Arguments for Later Pyrrhonism
- The Problem of the CriterionPractical Affairs
- The Consistency of Later Pyrrhonism
- Pyrrhonean Anti-Realism
- The Standard Interpretations
- VII: Ancient Scepticism and Modern Epistemology
- Mental States
- Contemporary Anti-Realism
- The Sceptical Perspective
- Appendix: Flourishing Dates of Ancient Thinkers
- Bibliography
- Index Locorum
- Alcmaeon
- Aristotle
- Athenaeus
- Cicero
- Democritus
- Diogenes Laertius
- Empedocles
- Epicharmus
- Epictetus
- Euripides
- Eusebius
- Gellius
- Gorgias
- Heracleitus
- HippolytusLactantius
- Lucretius
- Marcus Aurelius
- Metrodorus
- Nausiphanes
- Parmenides
- Pausanias
- Philo of Alexandria
- Philostratus
- Photius
- Plato
- Plutarch
- Sextus Empiricus
- Simplicius
- Suidas
- Tertullian
- Theophrastus
- Xenophanes
- Xenophon
- Zeno
- General Index
- A
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- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
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- T
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