Scepticism / / Neil Gascoigne
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| Autore: |
Gascoigne Neil
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| Titolo: |
Scepticism / / Neil Gascoigne
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| Pubblicazione: | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (225 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 149.91 |
| Soggetto topico: | Skepticism |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | First published 2002 by Acumen. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Half Title; Title; Dedication; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The whimsical condition of mankind; 1 Scepticism and knowledge; 2 The legacy of Socrates; 3 Demons, doubt and common life; 4 Transcendental meditations; 5 Un/natural doubts; 6 Internalisms and externalisms; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The history of scepticism is assumed by many to be the history of failed responses to a problem first raised by Descartes. While the thought of the ancient sceptics is acknowledged, their principle concern with how to live a good life is regarded as bearing little, if any, relation to the work of contemporary epistemologists. In ""Scepticism"" Neil Gascoigne engages with the work of canonical philosophers from Descartes, Hume and Kant through to Moore, Austin, and Wittgenstein to show how themes that first emerged in the Hellenistic period are inextricably bound up with the historical developm |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Scepticism |
| ISBN: | 1-317-48971-3 |
| 1-315-71069-2 | |
| 1-282-92134-7 | |
| 9786612921346 | |
| 1-84465-333-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459529503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Central problems of philosophy.