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Sextus Empiricus’ Neo-Pyrrhonism

Part of the Synthese Library Book Series (volume 457)

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-94518-3

ISBN: 978-3-030-94517-6

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

Mar 1, 2022

1 - 10 of 12 Chapters

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Ton charactêra tês skepseôs: The Distinctive Character of Skepticism

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 1 –17

[In this chapter, I argue that the best way to approach Sextus’ Pyrrhonism is by an investigation of what he calls “the distinctive character of skepticism”. Besides its names, this distinctive character has five topics: its conception, its principles, its reasons, its criterion, and its goal (PH...
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Megalophueis and anômalia: The Talented Person, Conflicts in Everyday Life, and the Attraction of Philosophy

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 21 –41

[After describing the main steps in becoming a skeptic (as stated in PH 1.12, PH 1.26, and PH 1.29), this chapter is devoted to an analysis of the initial ones, focusing on those steps taken before one starts to investigate philosophically (PH 1.12). Who is the person who eventually becomes a...
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Zêtêsis: The Initial Investigation of the philosophos

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 43 –69

[This chapter focuses on the initial philosophical investigation undertaken by the talented person, who has not yet adhered to any doctrine; I call him philosophos. I begin by distinguishing between anomalia (irregularity) and diaphônia (disagreement), for disagreement belongs to the second...
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Hai anôtatô philosophiai: The Results of Philosophical Investigation

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 71 –93

[This chapter focuses on the initial philosophical investigation undertaken by the talented person, who has not yet adhered to any doctrine; I call him philosophos. I begin by distinguishing between anomalia (irregularity) and diaphônia (disagreement), for disagreement belongs to the second...
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Hairesis and ti logos: The Skeptical Way of Reasoning

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 97 –126

[This chapter is the heart of the book. It presents the fundamental, and often neglected, notion of a skeptical way of reasoning and how it articulates the whole Pyrrhonian doctrine. Suspension of judgment about everything has two further effects, besides imperturbability: it leads both to a...
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Malista archê and zêtêtike agogê: The Skeptic as the Guardian of Investigation

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 127 –157

[This chapter explains how the Pyrrhonist can sincerely go on investigating the truth while at the same time both suspending of judgment and producing again suspension of judgment. I argue that the Pyrrhonist continues his investigation of the truth, doing more or less the same thing as before....
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Ennoia and dunamis antithetike: The Plasticity of the Skeptical Ability

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 159 –189

[This chapter is devoted to the notion of a skeptical ability. Though skepticism is characterized by an ability (PH 1.8) and the skeptic is the person who has this ability (PH 1.11), the idea of a skeptical ability is restricted to philosophical investigation. The skeptical way of reasoning leads...
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Sunagomen eukotôs hoti ephekhomen: The Rational Ability to Suspend Judgment

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 191 –232

[The task of this chapter is to explain how the skeptical ability is not only a causal ability, but also a rational one. Though many scholars hold that it leads only causally, not rationally, to suspension of judgment, I claim that the skeptical ability is guided by the skeptical main principle,...
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Ton Seirenon Huposkhesin: The Dogmatic Attack on Everyday Life

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 233 –253

[This chapter resumes the second criterion to settle the dispute between the skeptic and the dogmatist, and argues that the dogmatist, but not the skeptic, is dismissive of everyday beliefs. It shows that the dogmatist begins by attacking everyday life and even when she seems to be on its side...
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Kriterion I: phainomenon: Living in the Natural and Social World

Smith, Plínio Junqueira

Pages: 255 –285

[This chapter focuses on the criterion of action (PH 1.21–24) and argues that the Pyrrhonist can live his life in light of his skeptical way of reasoning, which tells him to follow what appears. It explains the notions of what appears (to phainomenon), affection (pathos), and appearance...

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