Academic Skepticism in Hume and Kant : A Ciceronian Critique of Metaphysics /
This book offers an unprecedented study of the influence of the skepticism of the New Platonic Academy on David Hume's and Immanuel Kant's critiques of metaphysics. By demonstrating how the skeptical teachings of the Academy affected these authors' Enlightened attacks on traditional m...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2022.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022. |
| Series: | Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Skepticism of the New Academy: From Epoche to Persuasion
- 3. Academic Skepticism and Metaphysics: On the Gods and the Immortal Soul
- 4. Hume's Academic Skepticism: A Normative Theory of Belief
- 5. Hume and Cicereo on Metaphysics: Philo's Non-dogmatic Deism
- 6. Skepticism vs. Skeptical Method: Sources of Ancient and Modern Skepticism in Kant
- 7. Kant's Critical Solution to the Antinomies as an Academic Response to the Apraxia Objection
- 8. Conclusion.