Sextus, montaigne, hume : : pyrrhonizers / / by Brian C. Ribeiro.

• Superior document: Brill studies in skepticism ; Volume 4
• VerfasserIn: Ribeiro, Brian C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Brill studies in skepticism ; Volume 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

This work invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of Sextus, Montaigne, and Hume as radical Pyrrhonizing skeptics: From the aspirationalism of Sextan Pyrrhonism, to Montaigne�...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1 The Reality of Epistemic Akrasia
• 1 Epistemic Akrasia
• 2 What Would Epistemic Akrasia Involve?
• 3 Epistemic Akrasia Is Actual (and, Therefore, Possible)
• 4 Concluding Remarks (and Looking Forward)
• 2 Sextus, Montaigne, Hume: Exercises in Skeptical Cartography
• 1 Sextus Empiricus
• 2 Michel de Montaigne
• 3 David Hume
• 4 Concluding Remarks
• 3 Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonism as Aspirational
• 1 Is Pyrrhonism Psychologically Possible?
• 2 The Scope of Pyrrhonian Epochē
• 3 The Role of Pyrrhonian Epochē : Skepticism as a Eudaimonistic Ethic
• 4 Particularly Problematic Beliefs and Ataraxia
• 5 The Psychological Possibility of Pyrrhonism
• 6 Postscript
• 4 Montaigne's Essays and/as Pyrrhonism
• 1 Approaching Montaigne's Essays
• 2 The Presence of the Ancients in the Essays
• 3 Montaigne with Sextus and Cicero
• 4 Montaigne's Skeptical Allegiance in the "Apology"
• 5 Is Montaigne Really a Pyrrhonist?
• 6 Montaigne's Pyrrhonian Turn to Self-Examination
• 7 Montaigne's Essays : Writing as Pyrrhonizing
• 5 Failing to be Responsive to Reasons: Unbudging Faith, Irresistible Beliefs
• 1 Hume on Montaigne's (Doubt-Resistant) "Faith"
• 2 The Humean Maneuver
• 3 Rational Self-Control, Part 1
• 4 Rational Self-Control, Part 2
• 5 Concluding Remarks
• 6 Pyrrhonian Threads in the Great Humean Tapestry
• 1 Hume's "Naturalism"?
• 2 So, Was Hume a Skeptic Then?
• 3 There Is No Satisfying Way to Interpret (All of) Hume
• 4 The Skeptical Threads of the Great Humean Tapestry
• 7 Hume on the "Durability" of Skepticism
• 1  A Treatise of Human Nature (1739/1740)
• 2  An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding (1748)
• 3  Dialogues concerning Natural Religion (1779)
• 4 Humility and Faith in Early Modern Philosophy
• 5 Concluding Remarks
• 8 The Fruits of Skepticism
• 1 Skepticism and Open-Minded Inquiry  2 Skepticism and Mental Tranquility
• 3 Skepticism and the Inward Turn
• 4 Skepticism and Intellectual Modesty
• 5 Parting Remarks
• References
• Index.