Screen LibrarySkepticism in the modern age：building on the work of Richard Popkin
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| Group Author: | ; ; |
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Brill,
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| Publisher Address: | Leiden Boston |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, ; v. 181 |
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| Carrier Form: | vii, 389 p.: ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9789004177840 (hardback : alk. paper) 9004177841 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | B083 |
| CLC: | B083-532 |
| Call Number: | B083-532/S627/2007 |
| Contents: |
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 / José 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 / Sérgio 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 ... |