Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity, providing a model of skeptical philosophy that remains significant to this day. This volume collects essays discussing Sextus's influence in the history of modern philosophy as well as contemporary engagements with Sextus's version of Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity, providing a model of skeptical philosophy that remains significant to this day. This volume collects essays discussing Sextus's influence in the history of modern philosophy as well as contemporary engagements with Sextus's version of Pyrrhonian skepticism.
Katja Maria Vogt is Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University. She specializes in ancient philosophy, ethics, and normative epistemology. In her books and papers, she focuses on questions that figure both in ancient and in contemporary discussions: What are values? What kind of values are knowledge and truth? What does it mean to want one's life to go well? Justin Vlasits is Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen. He obtained his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and specializes in ancient philosophy as well as contemporary epistemology and logic. In his research, he is particularly interested in questions about inquiry, knowledge, and method from both historical and contemporary perspectives.
Inhaltsangabe
* Acknowledgments * About the Contributors * Justin Vlasits and Katja Maria Vogt, Introduction * Appearances and perception * 1: John Morrison, Perceptual Relativism: Ancient and Contemporary * 2: Kathrin Glüer, Illusory Looks * 3: Megan Feeney and Susanna Schellenberg, Bayesian Liberalism * 4: MGF Martin, Variation and Change in Appearances * 5: Peter Pagin, The Force of Assumptions and Self-Attributions * The structure of justification and proof * 6: Marko Malink, Hypothetical Syllogisms and Infinite Regress * 7: Jessica N. Berry, Sextan Skepticism and the Rise and Fall of German Idealism * 8: Duncan Pritchard, Wittgensteinian Epistemology, Epistemic Vertigo, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism * Belief and ignorance * 9: Kathryn Tabb, "The Skeptical Physitian": Locke, Pyrrhonism, and the Case against Innate Ideas * 10: Don Garrett, Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Humean Skepticism: Belief, Evidence, and Causal Power * 11: Justin Vlasits, The First Riddle of Induction: Sextus Empiricus and the Formal Learning Theorists * 12: Jens Haas and Katja Maria Vogt, Incomplete Ignorance * Ethics and action * 13: Richard Bett, Echoes of Sextus Empiricus in Nietzsche? * 14: Sergio Tenenbaum, Value Disagreement, Action, and Commitment * References * Index
* Acknowledgments * About the Contributors * Justin Vlasits and Katja Maria Vogt, Introduction * Appearances and perception * 1: John Morrison, Perceptual Relativism: Ancient and Contemporary * 2: Kathrin Glüer, Illusory Looks * 3: Megan Feeney and Susanna Schellenberg, Bayesian Liberalism * 4: MGF Martin, Variation and Change in Appearances * 5: Peter Pagin, The Force of Assumptions and Self-Attributions * The structure of justification and proof * 6: Marko Malink, Hypothetical Syllogisms and Infinite Regress * 7: Jessica N. Berry, Sextan Skepticism and the Rise and Fall of German Idealism * 8: Duncan Pritchard, Wittgensteinian Epistemology, Epistemic Vertigo, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism * Belief and ignorance * 9: Kathryn Tabb, "The Skeptical Physitian": Locke, Pyrrhonism, and the Case against Innate Ideas * 10: Don Garrett, Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Humean Skepticism: Belief, Evidence, and Causal Power * 11: Justin Vlasits, The First Riddle of Induction: Sextus Empiricus and the Formal Learning Theorists * 12: Jens Haas and Katja Maria Vogt, Incomplete Ignorance * Ethics and action * 13: Richard Bett, Echoes of Sextus Empiricus in Nietzsche? * 14: Sergio Tenenbaum, Value Disagreement, Action, and Commitment * References * Index
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