Scepticism and Self-Detachment
Abstract This paper takes up two questions. Is there a sense in which the Sceptic as described by Sextus Empiricus is detached from himself? Does this self-detachment by itself make the Sceptic’s way of life undesirable? I sketch two conceptions of self-detachment, and then conclude that the Sceptic...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2020
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 235-255 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sextus, Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae institutiones
/ Scepticism
/ Self
/ Distance
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
Further subjects: | B
Tranquility
B self-detachment B psychological unity B suspension of judgment B apraxia argument B Scepticism |
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