Augustine and Academic Skepticism : A Philosophical Study / / Blake D. Dutton |
Autore | Dutton Blake D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 189/.2 |
Soggetto topico | Skepticism |
ISBN |
1-5017-0354-4
1-5017-0355-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Augustine and the Academics -- Part I. Discrediting Academic Skepticism as a Philosophical Practice -- 2. Socrates, the Academics, and the Good Life -- 3. Happiness, Wisdom, and the Insufficiency of Inquiry -- 4. The Inaction Objection -- 5. Inquiry and Belief on Authority -- 6. The Error of the Academics -- Afterword to Part I -- Part II. Vindicating the Possibility of Knowledge -- 7. The Academic Denial of the Possibility of Knowledge -- 8. The Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy -- 9. Platonism and the Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy -- 10. Defense of the Senses -- 11. First-Person Truths -- Afterword to Part II -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798329303321 |
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] | ||
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Augustine and Academic Skepticism : A Philosophical Study / / Blake D. Dutton |
Autore | Dutton Blake D. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (292 p.) |
Disciplina | 189/.2 |
Soggetto topico | Skepticism |
ISBN |
1-5017-0354-4
1-5017-0355-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Augustine and the Academics -- Part I. Discrediting Academic Skepticism as a Philosophical Practice -- 2. Socrates, the Academics, and the Good Life -- 3. Happiness, Wisdom, and the Insufficiency of Inquiry -- 4. The Inaction Objection -- 5. Inquiry and Belief on Authority -- 6. The Error of the Academics -- Afterword to Part I -- Part II. Vindicating the Possibility of Knowledge -- 7. The Academic Denial of the Possibility of Knowledge -- 8. The Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy -- 9. Platonism and the Apprehensible Truths of Philosophy -- 10. Defense of the Senses -- 11. First-Person Truths -- Afterword to Part II -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812736803321 |
Dutton Blake D.
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Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2016] | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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