Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism

ISBN-13: 9780198238522 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 290 str.

Alan Bailey

Opis

Alan Bailey offers a clear and vigorous exposition and defence of the philosophy of Sextus Empiricus, one of the most influential of ancient thinkers, the father of philosophical scepticism. The subsequent sceptical tradition in philosophy has not done justice to Sextus: his views stand up today as remarkably insightful, offering a fruitful way to approach issues of knowledge, understanding, belief, and rationality. Bailey's refreshing presentation of Sextus to a modern philosophical readership rescues scepticism from the sceptics.

Recenzje

...a very good book, full of subtle and lucid arguments,...it will become an essential reading for anyone interested in ancient scepticism.

O autorze

Alan Bailey is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of York.