| Skepticism in the Modern Age: Building on the Work of Richard Popkin Contributor(s): Maia Neto, Paganini, Laursen |
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ISBN: 9004177841 ISBN-13: 9789004177840 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $167.20 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: This book reassesses the role and impact of skepticism in early modern philosophy, revisiting and reinterpreting the positions of some of the main early modern philosophers in relation to this tradition and showing its relevance to others who have not previously been connected to skepticism. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval - Social Science - Law | Intellectual Property - General |
| Dewey: 149.73 |
| LCCN: 2009022054 |
| Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History |
| Physical Information: 390 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |