History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 414 - Henrik Lagerlund on Renaissance Skepticism
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Feb 12, 2023 AI Snips
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Broad Range Of Renaissance Skepticism
- Skepticism in the Renaissance covered many domains beyond ancient Pyrrhonism and Academic Skepticism.
- Medieval traditions and scholastic debates also supplied robust skeptical arguments about the external world and entities.
Sextus Revived And Two Skeptical Aims
- Sextus Empiricus became hugely influential in the 16th century through new translations.
- The key difference: Pyrrhonists suspend belief aiming at calm, Academic skeptics deny possibility of empirical knowledge.
Doubt Reframed Sextus For Modern Readers
- Translators introduced the explicit concept of doubt into Sextus's text in 1562, reshaping its reception.
- That interpretation made doubt central to early modern skepticism though it misreads classical Pyrrhonism.