Zieminska Renata Zieminska

History of Skepticism (eBook, ePUB)

In Search of Consistency

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book reconstructs the history of skepticism ranging from ancient to contemporary times, from Pyrrho to Kripke. The main skeptical stances and the historical reconstruction of the concept of skepticism are connected with an analysis of their recurrent inconsistency. The author reveals that this inconsistency is not a logical contradiction but a pragmatic one. She shows that it is a contradiction between the content of the skeptical position and the implicit presumption of the act of its assertion. The thesis of global skepticism cannot be accepted as true without falling into the pragmatic inconsistency. The author explains, how skepticism was important for exposing the limits of human knowledge and inspired its development.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783631712566
• Artikelnr.: 53077291

Autorenporträt

Renata Zieminska is professor of philosophy and chair in epistemology at the University of Szczecin, Poland. She is member of The Committee on Philosophical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of Society for Skeptical Studies and International Society for the Study of Skepticism.

Inhaltsangabe

Genealogy of the Term Skepticism - Evolution of the Idea of Skepticism - Ancient Skepticism - Medieval Skepticism - Modern Skepticism - Contemporary Cartesian Skepticism - Meaning Skepticism - Pragmatic Inconsistency of Skepticism - Pyrrhonism - Academic Skepticism - Fallibilism - Sextus Empiricus