The Skeptical Dynamis and Its Pragmatic Possibilities /

This monograph reevaluates a school of thought concerned with truth and inquiry. It examines the critique which asserts that it's not possible to live this Early Greek philosophy in practice. The investigation also details new discoveries on the reception of Skepticism by Empiricist Doctors, Ea...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pinto de Brito, Rodrigo (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:	1st ed. 2022.
Series:	Synthese Library, Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, 455
Subjects:	Philosophy-History. Europe-History-To 476. Medicine-History. Literature-History and criticism. History of Philosophy. History of Ancient Europe. History of Medicine. Literary History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Part 1. On the Apraxia Argument. 1. Introduction
2. Apraxia and the Development of Ancient Skepticisms
3. Academics X Stoics
4. Sextus Empiricus
Part 2. The Skeptic and the Crafts. 5. Sextus Empiricus and the Elements
6. Sextus Against the Rhetoricians
7. Sextus and a Positive Conception of Techne
8. Final Remarks: On the Receiption of Skeptical Arguments and Their Transmission
References
Appendices.