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Since the publication of the first edition of Richard Popkin’s classic The History of Scepticism in 1960, skepticism has been increasingly recognized as a major force in the development of early modern philosophy. This book provides a review of current scholarship and significant updated research on some of the main thinkers and issues related to the reappraisal of ancient skepticism in the modern age. Special attention is given to the nature, importance, and relation to religion of Montaigne’s and Hume’s skepticisms; to the various skeptical and non-skeptical sources of Cartesian doubt; to the skeptical and anti-skeptical impact of Cartesianism in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; and to philosophers who dealt with skeptical issues in the development of their own various intellectual interests.
Price: $194.00
Pages: 390
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Publication Date:
31 August 2009
ISBN: 9789004177840
Format: Hardcover
Ceci revient, d’une part, à inclure dans une telle histoire des auteurs dont les liens avec le scepticisme n’ont pas été jusqu’ici étudiés de façon systématique et, d’autre part, à procéder à des réévaluations critiques de la fonction et de la nature du scepticisme présent chez des auteurs dont le lien avec cette tradition a déjà été relevé.
Archives de Philosophie, cahier 2011/1, tome 74, Printemps, p. 212-215.
Archives de Philosophie, cahier 2011/1, tome 74, Printemps, p. 212-215.
José R. Maia Neto, Ph.D. (1991) in Philosophy, Washington University, is Professor of Philosophy at the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He has published extensively on early modern skepticism including, with Richard Popkin, Skepticism: an Anthology (Prometheus, 2007).
John Christian Laursen, Ph.D. (1985) in Political Science, The Johns Hopkins University, is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He has published widely on skepticism, cynicism, cosmopolitanism, monarchism, and freedom of the press.
Gianni Paganini, Professor of History of Philosophy at University of Piedmont (Italy) has widely published on the history of skepticism and libertinism, as well as on Hobbes and Gassendi. His most recent book is: Skepsis. Le débat des modernes sur le scepticisme (Paris, Vrin, 2008).
John Christian Laursen, Ph.D. (1985) in Political Science, The Johns Hopkins University, is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Riverside. He has published widely on skepticism, cynicism, cosmopolitanism, monarchism, and freedom of the press.
Gianni Paganini, Professor of History of Philosophy at University of Piedmont (Italy) has widely published on the history of skepticism and libertinism, as well as on Hobbes and Gassendi. His most recent book is: Skepsis. Le débat des modernes sur le scepticisme (Paris, Vrin, 2008).