| Description |
vii, 389 p. |
| Series |
Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 181 |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 181.
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| Note |
Proceedings of a conference titled "Skepticism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : a conference in memory of Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005)", held at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Oct. 22-25, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Jose R. Maia Neto, Gianni Paganini, and John Christian Laursen -- Richard Popkin and his history of scepticism / Jeremy D. Popkin -- Part one: Montaigne and his skeptical background. The anthropological argument : the rediscovery of ancient skepticism in modern thought / Danilo Marcondes -- The current debate about Montaigne's skepticism / Vicente Raga Rosaleny -- On skeptical fideism in Montaigne's Apology for Raymond Sebond / Sergio Cardoso -- Montaigne's radical skepticism / Luiz Eva -- Part two: Early modern thinkers close to skepticism. Skeptical aspects of Francesco Guicciardini's thought / Newton Bignotto -- Probability, certainty and facts in Francis Bacon's natural histories : a double attitude towards skepticism / Silvia Manzo -- Skepticism and cynicism in the work of Pedro de Valencia / John Christian Laursen -- Periegesis and skepticism : La Peyrere, geographer / Frederic Gabriel -- Skepticism, belief, and justification / Plinio Junqueira Smith -- Part three: Skepticism and politics. Absolutism and despotism in Samuel Sorbiere : notes on skepticism and politics / Lorenzo Bianchi -- Montaigne's and Bayle's variations : the philosophical form of skepticism in politics / Renato Lessa -- Part four: Sources of Cartesian doubt. Aristotle's perplexity becomes Descartes's doubt : Metaphysics 3, 1 and methodical doubt in Benito Pereira and Rene Descartes / Constance Blackwell -- Descartes and Renaissance skepticism : the Sanches case / Gianni Paganini -- The hyperbolic way to the truth from Balzac to Descartes : "toute hyperbole tend la, de nous amener a la verite par l'exces de la verite, c'est-a-dire par la mensonge" / Giulia Belgioioso -- Part five: Skepticism in early Cartesianism. Early German reactions to Huet's Censura / Jean-Robert Armogathe -- Acquired skepticism in the seventeenth century / Jose R. Maia Neto -- Skepticism and solipsism in the eighteenth century : returning to the egoist question / Sebastien Charles -- Part six: Hume. Skepticism and religious belief in A treatise of human nature / Livia Guimaraes -- Criticism and science in Hume / Frederic Brahami. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Skepticism -- History -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Maia Neto, Jose Raimundo, 1959-
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Paganini, Gianni, 1950-
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Laursen, John Christian.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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Skepticism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : a conference in memory of Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005) (2007 : Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
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| ISBN |
9789004177840 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004177841 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9789047431909 (electronic bk.) |
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