Scepticism in the History of Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. How Sceptical were the Academic Sceptics?

   • Dorothea Frede

   Pages 1-25

3. The Dissoi Logoi and Early Greek Scepticism

   • Thomas M. Robinson

   Pages 27-36

4. Some Traces of the Presence of Scepticism in Medieval Thought

   • Mauricio Beuchot

   Pages 37-43

5. Hobbes on Peace and Truth: An Objection to Richard Popkin’s “Hobbes and Scepticism I” and “Hobbes and Scepticism II”

   • Leiser Madanes

   Pages 45-52

6. Samuel Clarke’s Four Categories of Deism, Isaac Newton, and the Bible

   • James E. Force

   Pages 53-74

7. Arnauld Versus Leibniz and Malebranche on the Limits of Theological Knowledge

   • Robert Sleigh

   Pages 75-85

8. Berkeley: Scepticism, Matter and Infinite Divisibility

   • José A. Robles

   Pages 87-97

9. Hume’s Scepticism and His Ethical Depreciation of Religion

   • Miguel A. Badía Cabrera

   Pages 99-114

10. Hume’s Scepticism: Natural Instincts and Philosophical Reflection

    • Barry Stroud

    Pages 115-134

11. Kierkegaard’s Distinction between Modern and Ancient Scepticism

    • José R. Maia Neto

    Pages 135-158

12. Peirce and Scepticism

    • Alejandro Herrera Ibáñez

    Pages 159-166

13. Finding One’s Way about: High Windows, Narrow Chimneys, and Open Doors. Wittgenstein’s “Scepticism” and Philosophical Method

    • Danilo Marcondes De Souza Filho

    Pages 167-179

14. Philosophical Scepticism in Wittgenstein’s on Certainty

    • Graciela De Pierris

    Pages 181-196

15. The Sceptical Epistemology of Triste Tropiques

    • Richard A. Watson

    Pages 197-203

16. Scepticism about Value

    • Julia Annas

    Pages 205-218

17. Philo of Larissa and Platonism

    • David Glidden

    Pages 219-234

18. Scepticism, Humor and the Archipelago of Knowledge

    • Miguel Orellana Benado

    Pages 235-252

19. Scepticism and the Limits of Charity

    • Ezequiel De Olaso

    Pages 253-266

20. The Argument from Possibility

    • Avrum Stroll

    Pages 267-279

Scepticism in the History of Philosophy is a dialogue between leading Latin American and North American scholars concerned with the history of scepticism from ancient times to present day philosophy. The volume contains interesting discussions by a wide range of philosophers and historians of philosophy.
The book should be of great interest to many philosophers who are interested in scepticism. It is unique in presenting in English the work of philosophers from Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile; philosophers not well known to the English speaking world.

• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Plato
• dialogue
• epistemology
• history of philosophy
• knowledge
• philosophy

• Washington University, St. Louis, USA

  Richard H. Popkin

• University of California, Los Angeles, USA

  Richard H. Popkin

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