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119Review of W. Sinnott-Armstrong, Moral Skepticisms (OUP, 2006). (review)Philosophy in Review 28 (4): 303-305. 2008.
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114Evolutionary Debunking Arguments: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology (edited book)Routledge. 2023.Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in evolutionary debunking arguments directed against certain types of belief, particularly moral and religious beliefs. According to those arguments, the evolutionary origins of the cognitive mechanisms that produce the targeted beliefs render these beliefs epistemically unjustified. The reason is that natural selection cares for reproduction and survival rather than truth, and false beliefs can in principle be as evolutionarily advantageous as tru…Read more
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100Moral Skepticism: New Essays (edited book)Routledge. 2018.Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. Particularly since the turn of the millennium, the metaethical study of skepticism has profited from advances in general epistemology and findings in empirical sciences, in light of which new arguments for and against moral skepticism have been devised, while the traditional ones have been reexamined. This collection of original essays by leading metaethicists will advance the ongoing debates about various forms of moral sk…Read more
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81New essays on ancient Pyrrhonism (edited book)Brill. 2011.Scholarship on ancient Pyrrhonism has made tremendous advances over the past three decades, thanks especially to the careful reexamination of Sextus Empiricus’ extant corpus. Building on this momentum, the authors of the eight essays collected here examine some of the most vexed and intriguing exegetical and philosophical questions posed by Sextus’ presentation of this form of skepticism. The essays explore in a new light the skeptical interpretation of Plato, the differences between Pyrrhonism …Read more
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71Review of Richard Bett (trans.), Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians (CUP, 2005). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008. 2008.This translation of the two books that make up Against the Logicians is a valuable addition to the ever increasing literature on Pyrrhonism. The only previous complete English version of these two books is that of R. G. Bury, which appeared in 1935 in the Loeb Classical Library as the second volume of..
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70Epistemology in Latin AmericaStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. 2018.After presenting the current situation of epistemological research in Latin America and part of its history, this entry will address five topics: skepticism (especially in its Pyrrhonian stripe), core epistemology, formal epistemology, Wittgenstein’s thought in connection with epistemology and skepticism, and epistemology of law. It should be noted from the outset that the entry does not purport to provide a comprehensive account of epistemology in Latin America, but rather to paint a general pi…Read more
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65PyrrhonismOxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. 2019.Pyrrhonism can safely be said to be the most prominent and influential form of skepticism in the history of Western philosophy. It was an important philosophical movement in the Hellenistic and Imperial ages, made a tremendous impact on modern philosophy, and some of its arguments continue to be a central topic of discussion in the contemporary philosophical scene. This can be taken to be a strong indication of the intriguing and challenging character of the Pyrrhonian outlook. After presenting …Read more
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50Disagreement-Based SkepticismSyndicate Philosophy 1 (1). 2017.My aim in this short essay is both to critically examine the nature and extent of Jonathan Matheson's disagreement-based skepticism in his book, The Epistemic Significance of Disagreement, and to consider three ways not discussed by him in which disagreement may pose, or contribute to posing, skeptical challenges. The essay will therefore be organized around four issues.
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46This book explores the nature and significance of Pyrrhonism, the most prominent and influential form of skepticism in Western philosophy. Not only did Pyrrhonism play an important part in the philosophical scene of the Hellenistic and Imperial age, but it also had a tremendous impact on Renaissance and modern philosophy and continues to be a topic of lively discussion among both scholars of ancient philosophy and epistemologists. The focus and inspiration of the book is the brand of Pyrrhonism …Read more
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44Review of Charles Brittain, Cicero: On Academic Scepticism (Hackett, 2006). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006. 2006.Particularly during the past twenty five years, there has been an outstanding advance in the study of ancient skepticism, both in its Pyrrhonian and Academic varieties. This is reflected in the publication of a considerable number of works about the nature and consistency of those philosophical outlooks, as well as about their influence on the development of early modern philosophy and their relevance to present day epistemological discussions. Most of these works concern Pyrrhonian skepticism. …Read more
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42Review of J. Delattre (ed.), Sur le Contre les professeurs de Sextus Empiricus (Presses de l’Université de Charles-de-Gaulle–Lille 3, 2006). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009. 2009.
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40Review of A. Bailey, Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism (OUP, 2002). (review)Ancient Philosophy 25 (1): 212-222. 2005.
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34Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present (edited book)Bloomsbury Academic. 2018.Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind.
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32Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique (edited book)Classiques Garnier. 2019.Le scepticisme est une véritable constante de l’histoire de la philosophie depuis l’Antiquité. En se nourrissant des désaccords philosophiques, il ne cesse de se transformer pour mieux remettre en cause les certitudes du dogmatisme. Ce volume présente des contributions en langue française de spécialistes de la pensée sceptique dans l’antiquité, domaine qui s’est considérablement développé ces dernières années. Les études ici présentées portent aussi bien sur le pyrrhonisme que sur la nouvelle Ac…Read more
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30Review of A. M. Ioppolo, La testimonianza di Sesto Empirico sull'Accademia scettica (Bibliopolis, 2009). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010. 2010.
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29Review of H. Thorsrud, Ancient Scepticism (Acumen, 2009). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009. 2009.
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24Review of C. Lévy, Les scepticismes (Presses Universitaires de France, 2008). (review)Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009. 2009.
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23Review of A.M. Ioppolo and D. Sedley (eds.), Pyrrhonists, Patricians, Platonizers. Hellenistic Philosophy in the Period 155-86 BC (Bibliopolis, 2007). (review)Bryn Mawr Classcial Review 2008. 2008.
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16Review of Sextus Empiricus, Esquisses pyrrhoniennes. Introduction, traduction et commentaires par Pierre Pellegrin (review)Revue Philosophique De Louvain 100 (4): 797-801. 2002.
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5Pyrrhonian RelativismElenchos 36 (1): 89-114. 2015.This paper argues that Sextus Empiricus’s Pyrrhonism is a form of relativism markedly different from the positions typically referred to by this term. The scholars who have explored the relativistic elements found in Sextus’s texts have claimed that his outlook is not actually a form of relativism, or that those elements are inconsistent with his account of Pyrrhonism, or that he is confusing skepticism with relativism. The reason for these views is twofold: first, when employing the term “relat…Read more
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2WRINGLEY, Michael B.; SMITH, Plínio J. (orgs.): O filósofo e sua história: uma homenagem a Oswaldo Porchat, Campinas: Coleção CLE, volume 36, 2003, 525 págs (review)Anuario Filosófico 686-688. 2005.
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1Catherine Dalimier, Jean-Pierre Levet, Pierre Pellegrin, Galien, Traités philosophiques et logiquesPhilosophie Antique 2 236-239. 2002.L’œuvre de Galien est d’une grande valeur non seulement pour la connaissance de la médecine ancienne, mais aussi en ce qui concerne la philosophie. Le présent volume contient cinq traités qui abordent différentes questions et dont la transmission varie considérablement. L’importance des trois premiers, traduits par P. Pellegrin, réside dans le fait qu’ils nous permettent de connaître la richesse et la subtilité des positions des écoles médicales de l’époque de Galien – dogmatique, empirique e...
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La temporalidad del pensamiento en DescartesRevista Latinoamericana de Filosofia 27 (1): 99-126. 2001.
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DisagreementCambridge University Press. forthcoming.This Element engages with the epistemic significance of disagreement, focusing on its skeptical implications. It examines various types of disagreement-motivated skepticism in ancient philosophy, ethics, philosophy of religion, and general epistemology. In each case, it favors suspension of judgment as the seemingly appropriate response to the realization of disagreement. One main line of argument pursued in the Element is that, since in real-life disputes we have limited or inaccurate informati…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Epistemology |
Meta-Ethics |
Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Action |
Philosophy of Religion |
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Pyrrhonian Skepticism |
Academic Skeptics |
Pyrrhonists |