Richard H Popkin

Scepticism in the History of Philosophy: A Pan-American Dialogue - International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Idees Richard H Popkin 1996 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction; R. H. Popkin. I. How Sceptical were the Academic Sceptics? D. Frede. II. The Dissoi Logoi and Early Greek Scepticism; T. M. Robinson. III. Some Traces of the Presence of Scepticism in Medieval Thought; M. Beuchot. IV. Hobbes on Peace and Truth: An Objection to Richard Popkin's Hobbes and Scepticism I', and Hobbes and Scepticism II'; L. Madanes. Samuel Clarke's Four Categories of Deism, Isaac Newton, and the Bible; J. E. Force. VI. Arnauld versus Leibniz and Malebranche on the Limits of Theological Knowledge; R. Sleigh. VII. Scepticism, Matter and Infinite Divisibility; J. A. Robles. VIII. Hume's Scepticism and his Ethical Depreciation of Religion; M. A. Badia Cabrera. IX. Hume's Scepticism: Natural Instincts and Philosophical Reflection; B. Stroud. X. Kierkegaard's Distinction between Modern and Ancient Scepticism; J. R. Maia Neto. XI. Pierce and Scepticism; A. H. Ibanez. XII. Finding One's Way About: High Windows, Narrow Chimneys, and Open Doors. Wittgenstein's Scepticism' and Philosophical Method; D. Marcondes. XIII. Philosophical Scepticism in Wittgenstein's On Certainty; G. De Pierris. XIV. The Sceptical Epistemology of Triste Tropiques; R. A. Watson. XV. Scepticism about Value; J. Annas. XVI. Philo of Larissa and Platonism; D. Glidden. XVII. Scepticism, Humour and the Archipelago of Knowledge; M. E. Orellana Benado. XVIII. Scepticism and the Limits of Charity; E. de Olaso. XIX. The Argument fromPossibility; A. Stroll."

Contributor Bio:  Popkin, Richard H Popkin is the author or editor of over 30 books and 300 articles on philosophy, the history of ideas and Jewish intellectual history. He is currently Professor Emeritus at Washington University (St. Louis) and Adjunct Professor of History and Philosophy at UCLA.