The Skeptical Dynamis and Its Pragmatic Possibilities
Language: English
Published by Springer, Switzerland, 2022
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- Title
- The Skeptical Dynamis and Its Pragmatic Possibilities
- Author
- Pinto De Brito, Rodrigo
- Publisher
- Springer, Switzerland
- Publication year
- 2022
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- Very Good
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- English
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- 3030924068
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- Philosophy & Ethics
This monograph reevaluates a school of thought concerned with truth and inquiry. It examines the critique which asserts that it's not possible to live this Early Greek philosophy in practice. The investigation also details new discoveries on the reception of Skepticism by Empiricist Doctors, Early Greek Fathers, Medieval Arabic Thinkers, and Renaissance Thinkers.
The author takes a careful look at the apraxia argument and how critics used it. He shows how anti-skeptical arguments rose in different stages of the development of the Skepticism. Coverage also details how the skeptics replied and gave more pragmatic coherence to their philosophy, starting with the proto-skeptics and continuing with the works of Sextus Empiricus. Readers will learn how skepticism endured despite the criticisms, becoming a coherent response to dogmatic philosophies such as Stoicism.
The investigation also analyzes the two common approaches that philosophers have used to interpret Sextan philosophy. It considers their benefits as well as defects. In the process, the author presents an original way of interpreting Sextan thought, which the author calls the “suburban interpretation”. He then applies this "middle way" to two works: Against the Grammarians and Against the Rhetoricians. Overall, the book provides readers with an insightful look at how this school of thought survived and spread throughout the ages."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Dr. Rodrigo Pinto de Brito is Post-Doctorate researcher (University of Kent-UK, 2015); PhD in Ancient Philosophy (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro/PUC-Rio, 2011-2013). Assistant Professor (Federal University of Sergipe/UFS, 2013-present). His main research interests are History of Hellenistic and Late-ancient Philosophy, specially Pyrrhonian Skepticism and Stoicism.
1. Publications:
1.1. Books and chapters: BRITO, R. (et al.). Introdução à lógica proposicional estoica. São Cristóvão: Editora UFS, 2016. BRITO, R. (et al.) SEXTUS EMPIRICUS. Contra os gramáticos. São Paulo: EdUNESP, 2015. BRITO, R. (et al.) Contra os retóricos. São Paulo: EdUNESP, 2013.
2.2. Papers: BRITO, R. Porque o estudo de Galeno pode contribuir para a compreensão de Sexto Empírico? (tradução de Galeno, Das seitas médicas para os iniciantes, 1.64.1- 1.69.5, bilíngue, com introdução). In: Prometeus. Filosofia em Revista, v. 09, p. 187-2016, 2016. BRITO, R. P. Algumas outras palavras sobre ceticismo e cristianismo. In: Revista ARCHAI. As origens do pensamento ocidental, v. 14, p. 26-37, 2015. BRITO, R. P. A sucessão de Pirro e a transmissão de seu arcabouço conceitual. In: Anais de Filosofia Clássica, v. 7, p. 58-73, 2015. BRITO, R. P. A física da Stoá. In: Anais de Filosofia Clássica, v. 7, p. 55-73, 2015. BRITO, R. P. Notas sobre a 'Vida de Pirro'. In: Prometeus. Filosofia em Revista, v. 7, p. 83-100, 2014. BRITO, R. P.. Uma 'via média' interpretativa para o ceticismo sextiano e sua aplicação na análise de 'Contra os Retóricos'. In: Sképsis, v. 1, p. 33-69, 2014.
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