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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dutton, Blake D., 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430 > Philosophy.
Augustine, > Saint, Bishop of Hippo > Philosophy.
Augustine, > of Hippo, Saint, > 354-430
Skepticism.
Scepticisme.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Medieval.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Philosophy
Skepticism
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Table of Contents:
  • Augustine and the academics
  • Discrediting academic skepticism as a philosophical practice
  • Socrates, the academics and the good life
  • Happiness, wisdom, and the insufficiency of inquiry
  • The inaction objection
  • Inquiry and belief on authority
  • The error of the academics
  • Vindicating the possibility of knowledge
  • The academic denial of the possibility of knowledge
  • The apprehensible truths of philosophy
  • Platonism and the apprehensible truths of philosophy
  • Defense of the senses
  • First person truths.

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