Skepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction

Lagerlund, Henrik

ISBN 10: 1138555568 / ISBN 13: 9781138555563

Published by Routledge, 2020

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Text in English. Soft cover. (xiv) 239 (3) pgs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Skepticism in Philosophy: A Comprehensive, Historical Introduction
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138555568
• ISBN 13: 9781138555563
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dimensions: 15.24W x 22.86H x 1.47D centimeters 15.24 centimeters width by 22.86 centimeters height by 1.47 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.345 kilograms

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Synopsis

In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism. As the first of its kind, the book traces the influence of philosophical skepticism from its roots in the Hellenistic schools of Pyrrhonism and the Middle Academy up to its impact inside and outside of philosophy today.

Along the way, the book covers skepticism during the Latin, Arabic, and Greek Middle Ages and during the Renaissance before moving on to cover Descartes’ methodological skepticism and Pierre Bayle’s super-skepticism in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth century, it deals with Humean skepticism and the anti-skepticism of Reid, Shepherd, and Kant, taking care to also include reflections on the connections between idealism and skepticism (including skepticism in German idealism after Kant). The book covers similar themes in a chapter on G.E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and then ends its historical overview with a chapter on skepticism in contemporary philosophy. In the final chapter, Lagerlund captures some of skepticism’s impact outside of philosophy, highlighting its relation to issues like the replication crisis in science and knowledge resistance.

About the Author

Henrik Lagerlund is Professor of the History of Philosophy at Stockholm University, Sweden. He works primarily on medieval and Renaissance philosophy, and has written several articles and books. He is also the editor of The Routledge Companion to Sixteenth Century Philosophy (2017) and The Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, Second Edition (2020).