Research Catalog

Title

How to be a Pyrrhonist : the practice and significance of Pyrrhonian skepticism / Richard Bett, The Johns Hopkins University.

Author

Bett, Richard, 1957-

Publication

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

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Details

Description

xvi, 263 pages; 24 cm

Summary

What was it like to be a practitioner of Pyrrhonist skepticism? This important volume brings together for the first time a selection of Richard Bett's essays on ancient Pyrrhonism, allowing readers a better understanding of the key aspects of this school of thought. The volume examines Pyrrhonism's manner of self-presentation, including its methods of writing, its desire to show how special it is, and its use of humor; it considers Pyrrhonism's argumentative procedures regarding specific topics, such as signs, space, or the Modes; and it explores what it meant in practice to live as a Pyrrhonist, including the kind of ethical outlook which Pyrrhonism might allow and, in general, the character of a skeptical life - and how far these might strike us as feasible or desirable. It also shows how Pyrrhonism often raises questions that matter to us today, both in our everyday lives and in our philosophical reflection.

Subject

• Pyrrhon, of Elis
• Skepticism
• Philosophy, Ancient

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliography (pages 244-254) and indexes.

Call Number

JFE 19-7410

ISBN

• 9781108471077
• 1108471072
• 9781108457064
• 1108457061

LCCN

2018049316

OCLC

1057738639

Author

Bett, Richard, 1957- author.

Title

How to be a Pyrrhonist : the practice and significance of Pyrrhonian skepticism / Richard Bett, The Johns Hopkins University.

Publisher

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliography (pages 244-254) and indexes.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781108658157

Research Call Number

JFE 19-7410