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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Groarke, Leo, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1990.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 14.
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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
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  • D
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  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
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