Hume's Scepticism : : Pyrrhonian and Academic / / Peter S. Fosl.

Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume is a radical scepticExhibits extraordinary historical depth and breadth, with a sweep covering the history of Western phil...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy : ESSP
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Physical Description:1 online resource (392 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Series Editor’s Introduction
  • Abbreviations and Conventions
  • Introduction: Into Those Immense Depths
  • Part I Academic and Pyrrhonian Scepticism, Ancient and Modern
  • 1 Hume and Ancient Academic Scepticism
  • 2 Hume and the Legacy of Academic Scepticism
  • 3 Hume and Ancient Pyrrhonian Scepticism
  • 4 Hume and the Legacy of Pyrrhonian Scepticism
  • Part II Hume’s True Sceptical Philosophy
  • 5 Phûsis: The Fatalities of Appearance
  • 6 Ethos: The Great Sceptical Guide
  • 7 Technai: Dogmatism and the Technologies of Doubt
  • 8 Pathê: Hume’s Non-Dogmatic Philosophy
  • Bibliography
  • Index