TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maia Neto,Jos�e Raimundo
AU  - Paganini,Gianni
AU  - Laursen,John Christian
ED  - ebrary, Inc.
ED  - Skepticism from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment : a conference in memory of Richard H. Popkin (1923-2005)
TI  - Skepticism in the modern age: building on the work of Richard Popkin 
T2  - Brill's studies in intellectual history,
AV  - B837 .S5685 2009eb
U1  - 149/.73 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Leiden [Netherlands], Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Skepticism
KW  - History
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - 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; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Jos�e 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 / S�ergio 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 Peyr�ere, geographer / Fr�ed�eric Gabriel -- Skepticism, belief, and justification / Pl�inio Junqueira Smith -- Part three: Skepticism and politics. Absolutism and despotism in Samuel Sorbi�ere : 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 Ren�e 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 l�a, de nous amener �a la v�erit�e par l'exc�es de la v�erit�e, 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 / Jos�e R. Maia Neto -- Skepticism and solipsism in the eighteenth century : returning to the egoist question / S�ebastien Charles -- Part six: Hume. Skepticism and religious belief in A treatise of human nature / L�ivia Guimar�aes -- Criticism and science in Hume / Fr�ed�eric Brahami; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries
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