Demands of reason : an essay on Pyrrhonian scepticism /

Sextus Empiricus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism is one of the most important and influential texts in the history of Greek philosophy. In The Demands of Reason Casey Perin examines those aspects of Pyrrhonian Scepticism as Sextus describes it in the Outlines that are of special philosophical significa...

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Essay on Pyrrhonian scepticism
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Perin, Casey
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Elektronisch E-Book
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Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Sextus Empiricus' Outlines of Pyrrhonism is one of the most important and influential texts in the history of Greek philosophy. In The Demands of Reason Casey Perin examines those aspects of Pyrrhonian Scepticism as Sextus describes it in the Outlines that are of special philosophical significance: its commitment to the search for truth and to certain principles of rationality, its scope, and its consequences for action and agency. Perin argues that theSceptic is engaged in the search for truth and that since this is so, the Sceptic aims to satisfy certain basic rational requirements. He expla
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1 online resource (130 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
0-19-161407-6
0-19-965517-0
1-282-54436-5
9786612544361
0-19-157645-X
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Sextus, > Empiricus. > Outlines of Pyrrhonism.
Sextus, > Empiricus
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