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    Les maux innombrables de la vie : Bayle et Hume sur le Mal naturel
    Archives de Philosophie 81 (4): 775-792. 2018.
    Dans la Partie X des Dialogues sur la religion naturelle, Philon, le sceptique, rejoint Demea, le défenseur de l’orthodoxie chrétienne, en dressant un catalogue effrayant des peines et des misères qui marquent la condition humaine. Cet article tend à démontrer que la source principale de leurs arguments est le débat à trois voix entre Bayle, Leibniz et William King sur la question de savoir si le bien ou le mal prédomine dans la vie humaine. De plus, nous suggérons que Philon, intentionnellement…Read more
  • Pierre Bayle
    In Steven Nadler (ed.), A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy, Blackwell. 2002.
    This chapter contains section titled: Life and Works Civil Toleration Metaphysics Problem of Evil Skepticism and Fideism Influence.
  • A Cartésien Manqué : Pierre Bayle and Cartesianism
    In Steven Nadler, Tad M. Schmaltz & Delphine Antoine-Mahut (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Descartes and Cartesianism, Oxford University Press. 2019.
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    Hume on Time and Steadfast Unchanging Objects
    History of Philosophy Quarterly 40 (1): 3-24. 2023.
    In this paper we consider a puzzle concerning Hume's account of time and what he calls “steadfast unchanging objects”—that is, unchanging objects coexisting with temporal successions. On the one hand, Hume maintains that steadfast unchanging objects are temporally indivisible. On the other, he allows that such unchanging objects are capable of undergoing a determinate number of alterations in a given length of time, which seems to imply that they are at least potentially temporally divisible. Af…Read more
  • A Cartesian Skeptic: The Metaphysical Thought of Pierre Bayle
    Dissertation, The University of Iowa. 1999.
    The philosophical revolution of the seventeenth century was, in part, a concerted attempt to replace Scholastic natural philosophy with a new physical science based on mechanistic principles. The defenders of this mechanistic science shared a conception of metaphysics as an investigation of the non-sensible realm, which in practice amounted to the study of God and the soul. Thus arose the need to forge a new relationship between metaphysics and natural philosophy. Chief among these philosophical…Read more
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    Hume's "Malezieu Argument"
    Hume Studies 38 (1): 105-118. 2012.
    At T 1.2.2.3 Hume offers an argument against the infinite divisibility of finite extension, which he ascribes to "Mons. Malezieu." Scholars have long been aware that the ultimate source of the argument is the Élémens de Géométrie de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, first published in 1705. Although the argument has figured prominently in several recent discussions of Hume's metaphysics, there exists as yet no adequate English translation of Malezieu's text. Furthermore, very little is known abou…Read more
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    A new account of Berkeley's likeness principle
    British Journal for the History of Philosophy 14 (4). 2006.
    This Article does not have an abstract
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    Berkeley et Les Philosophes du XVIIe Siecle: Perception et Scepticisme (review)
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 40 (3): 402-404. 2002.
    Todd Ryan - Berkeley et Les Philosophes du XVIIe Siecle: Perception et Scepticisme - Journal of the History of Philosophy 40:3 Journal of the History of Philosophy 40.3 402-404 Book Review Berkeley et Les Philosophes du XVIIe Siècle: Perception et Scepticisme Richard Glauser. Berkeley et Les Philosophes du XVIIe Siècle: Perception et Scepticisme. Sprimont: Mardaga, 1999. Pp. 352. Paper, NP. One of the central criticisms Berkeley makes of his materialist opponents is that they are inevitably comm…Read more
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    Hume's "Malezieu Argument"
    Hume Studies 38 (1): 105-118. 2012.
    At T 1.2.2.3 Hume offers an argument against the infinite divisibility of finite extension, which he ascribes to "Mons. Malezieu." Scholars have long been aware that the ultimate source of the argument is the Élémens de Géométrie de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, first published in 1705. Although the argument has figured prominently in several recent discussions of Hume's metaphysics, there exists as yet no adequate English translation of Malezieu's text. Furthermore, very little is known abou…Read more
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    Berkeley au siecle des lumieres. Immaterialisme et scepticisme au XVIIIe siecle (review)
    Journal of the History of Philosophy 42 (4): 495-496. 2004.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Reviewed by:Berkeley au siècle des Lumières: Immatérialisme et scepticisme au XVIIIe siècleTodd RyanSébastien Charles. Berkeley au siècle des Lumières: Immatérialisme et scepticisme au XVIIIe siècle. Preface by Geneviève Brykman. Paris: Vrin, 2003. Pp. 368. Paper, € 28,00.The reception accorded to Berkeley's immaterialism by eighteenth-century philosophers constitutes one of the great puzzles of early modern philosophy. How is it pos…Read more
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    Bayle et la controverse sur l'éternité du monde
    Kriterion: Journal of Philosophy 50 (120): 335-348. 2009.
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    In his magnum opus, the _Historical and Critical Dictionary_, Pierre Bayle offered a series of brilliant criticisms of the major philosophical and theological systems of the 17 th Century. Although officially skeptical concerning the attempt to provide a definitive account of the truths of metaphysics, there is reason to see Bayle as a reluctant skeptic. In particular, Todd Ryan contends that Bayle harbored deep sympathy for the attempt by Descartes and his most innovative successor, Nicolas Mal…Read more
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    Bayle’s Critique of Lockean Superaddition
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy 36 (4): 511-534. 2006.
    Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06511, USA.
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    Hume's Argument for the Temporal Priority of Causes
    Hume Studies 29 (1): 29-41. 2003.
    In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Hume Studies Volume 29, Number 1, April 2003, pp. 29-41 Hume's Argument for the Temporal Priority of Causes TODD RYAN In a section entitled "Of Probability; and of the idea of cause and effect," Hume embarks on a search for the conceptual components of our idea of causation. Rejecting the possibility of analyzing the idea in terms of the qualities of objects, Hume claims to discover two constituent relations. First, a cause and effec…Read more
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    Bayle’s Critique of Lockean Superaddition
    Canadian Journal of Philosophy 36 (4): 511-534. 2006.
    One of the deepest and most abiding of Pierre Bayle's philosophical preoccupations concerns the possibility of rational theology, or more specifically, the extent to which unaided reason is competent to secure the fundamental tenets of orthodox Christianity. Doubtless the most familiar aspect of this intellectual ‘obsession’ is his tenacious criticism of traditional Solutions to the problem of evil. Yet these discussions represent only one facet of Bayle's engagement with the complex issues invo…Read more