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Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism

Alan Bailey
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      Alan Bailey offers a clear exposition and defence of the philosophy of Sextus Empiricus, one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, the father of philosophical scepticism. The subsequent sceptical tradition in philosophy has not done justice to Sextus: his views stand up today as insightful, offering a fruitful way to approach issues of knowledge, understanding, belief, and rationality It is widely supposed that any form of scepticism that arrives at a global denial of the availability of rationally justified beliefs is self-refuting and unliveable. Bailey shows that the former objection can be disarmed by distinguishing between the mature Pyrrhonean sceptic's assessment of his negative epistemological arguments and the assessment forced upon his philosophical opponents by their own rationalistic code. The latter objection overlooks the role Sextus allocates to beliefs that are necessitated by the Pyrrhonist's psychological and biological constitution.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alan Bailey EAN: 9780198238522 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 485 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-04-11 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 146 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Rome, History of ideas, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Alan Bailey is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of York.
      Alan Bailey offers a clear exposition and defence of the philosophy of Sextus Empiricus, one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, the father of philosophical scepticism. The subsequent sceptical tradition in philosophy has not done justice to Sextus: his views stand up today as insightful, offering a fruitful way to approach issues of knowledge, understanding, belief, and rationality It is widely supposed that any form of scepticism that arrives at a global denial of the availability of rationally justified beliefs is self-refuting and unliveable. Bailey shows that the former objection can be disarmed by distinguishing between the mature Pyrrhonean sceptic's assessment of his negative epistemological arguments and the assessment forced upon his philosophical opponents by their own rationalistic code. The latter objection overlooks the role Sextus allocates to beliefs that are necessitated by the Pyrrhonist's psychological and biological constitution.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Alan Bailey EAN: 9780198238522 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 485 g HEIGHT: 224 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-04-11 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical WIDTH: 146 cm SPINE:

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      Ancient Rome, History of ideas, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Alan Bailey is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of York.

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