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Titre(s) : Augustine and academic skepticism [Texte imprimé] : a philosophical study / Blake D. Dutton
Publication : Ithaca (N.Y.) ; London : Cornell university press, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XV-273 p.) ; 24 cm
Comprend : Augustine and the academics ; Discrediting academic skepticism as a philosophical
practice ; Socrates, the academics and the good life ; Happiness, wisdom, and the
insufficiency of inquiry ; The inaction objection ; Inquiry and belief on authority
; The error of the academics ; Vindicating the possibility of knowledge ; The academic
denial of the possibility of knowledge ; The apprehensible truths of philosophy
; Platonism and the apprehensible truths of philosophy ; Defense of the senses ;
First person truths.
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 257-263. Index
Among the most important, but frequently neglected, figures in the history of debates
over skepticism is Augustine of Hippo (354-430 CE). His early dialogue, Against the
Academics, together with substantial material from his other writings, constitutes
a sustained attempt to respond to the tradition of skepticism with which he was familiar.
This was the tradition of Academic skepticism, which had its home in Plato's Academy
and was transmitted to the Roman world through the writings of Cicero (106-43 BCE).
Augustine and Academic Skepticism is the first comprehensive treatment of Augustine's
critique of Academic skepticism. In clear and accessible prose, Blake D. Dutton presents
that critique as a serious work of philosophy and engages with it precisely as such.
While Dutton provides an extensive review of Academic skepticism and Augustine's encounter
with it, his primary concern is to articulate and evaluate Augustine's strategy to
discredit Academic skepticism as a philosophical practice and vindicate the possibility
of knowledge against the Academic denial of that possibility. In doing so, he sheds
considerable light on Augustine's views on philosophical inquiry and the acquisition
of knowledge. -- from dust jacket
Sujet(s) : Augustin (0354-0430 ; saint) -- Critique et interprétation
Augustin (0354-0430 ; saint) -- Scepticisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780801452932. - ISBN 0801452937 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452091735
Notice n° :
FRBNF45209173
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