R J Hankinson

The Sceptics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Sceptics is the first comprehensive, up-to-date treatment of Greek scepticism, from the beginnings of epistemology with Xenophanes, to the final full development of Pyrrhonism as presented in the work of Sextus Empiricus. Tracing the evolution of scepticism from 500 B.C to A.D 200, this clear and rigorous analysis presents the arguments of the Greek sceptics in their historical context and provides an in-depth study of the various strands of the sceptical tradition.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 662g
• ISBN-13: 9780415184465
• ISBN-10: 0415184460
• Artikelnr.: 21088665

Autorenporträt

R.J. Hankinson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Book I 1. Introduction: Sources and Transmission 2. The Nature of
Scepticism 3. Precursors 4. Pyrrho and the Socratic Tradition 5. The
Scepticism of the Middle Academy 6. Carneades and the Later Sceptical
Academy 7. Secession: The `Fourth Academy' and Aenesidemus 8. The
Scepticism of the Early Empire Book II 9. The Ten Modes of Scepticism 10.
The Modes of Agrippa 11. The Criterion, Signs and Proof 12. Causes and
Explanation 13. Scepticism in the Medical Schools 14. Sceptical Physics and
Metaphysics 15. The Liberal Arts 16. Sceptical Ethics 17. The Sceptical
Attitude 18. The Sceptic Way of Life Biographical Appendix Glossary
Bibliography