Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present

Diego E. Machuca is Associate Researcher in Philosophy at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism and Series Editor of Brill Studies in Skepticism.Baron Reed is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Northwestern University, USA.

• General Introduction, Baron Reed and Diego MachucaPart I: Ancient SkepticismIntroduction, Diego Machuca1. Cyrenaicism, Richard Bett2. Pyrrho and Timon, Casey Perin3. Arcesilaus, Anna Maria Ioppolo4. Carneades, Harald Thorsrud5. Aenesidemus, Luca Castagnoli6. Philo of Larissa, Harold Tarrant7. Cicero, J.P.F. Wynne8. Menodotus and Medical Empiricism, James Allen9. Middle Platonism and Skepticism: Plutarch and Favorinus, Carlos Lévy10. Sextus Empiricus, Tad Brennan and Cliff Roberts11. Skepticism in Classical Indian Philosophy, Matthew Dasti Part II: Medieval and Renaissance SkepticismIntroduction, Diego Machuca 12. Augustine and Skepticism, Stéphane Marchand13. John of Salisbury's Skepticism, David Bloch; 14. Skepticism in Classical Islam: The Case of Ghazali, Paul Heck15. Nicholas of Autrecourt and John Buridan, Christophe Grellard16. Divine Deception, Henrik Lagerlund17. Michel de Montaigne, Gianni Paganini18. Pierre Charron, Gianni Paganini19. Francisco Sanchez, Damian CaluoriPart III: Modern SkepticismIntroduction, Baron Reed 20. François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Sylvia Giocanti21. Gassendi on Skepticism, Antonia LoLordo22. Descartes and the Force of Skepticism, David Cunning23. Varieties of Modern Academic Skepticism: Pierre-Daniel Huet and Simon Foucher, Michael Hickson24. Spinoza and Skepticism, Alison Peterman25. Pierre Bayle, John Christian Laursen26. Berkeley and Skepticism, Margaret Atherton27. A Pyrrhonian Interpretation of Hume on Assent, Donald L. M. Baxter28. Thomas Reid’s Engagement with Skeptics and Skepticism, René van Woudenberg29. Johann Georg Hamann, Gwen Griffith-Dickson30. Kant and Skepticism, Georges Dicker31. Hegel: Philosophy as a Kind of Skepticism, Dietmar Heidemann; 32. Friedrich Nietzsche, Andreas Urs Sommer33. Russell’s Logical Construction of the External World, Peter Graham34. Moore and Mooreanism, Annalisa Coliva 35. Wittgenstein and Skepticism: Illusory Doubts, Michael Williams36. Richard Popkin on the History of Skepticism, José Raimundo Maia Neto Part IV: Contemporary Skepticism Introduction, Baron Reed37. Regress Arguments and Skepticism, Richard Fumerton38. The Problem of the Criterion, Andrew Cling 39. Neo-Pyrrhonism, Markus Lammenranta 40. Disagreement and Skepticism, Bryan Frances 41. Skepticism and the Internalism-Externalism Debate, Matthias Steup42. Skepticism and Fallibilism, Stephen Hetherington43. Skepticism and Contextualism, Michael Blome-Tillmann 44. External World Skepticism, Ram Neta 45. Disjunctivism and Skepticism, Duncan Pritchard and Chris Ranalli46. Skepticism about Induction: A Functionalist Investigation, Ruth Weintraub 47. Skepticism about Other Minds, Anil Gomes 48. Moral Skepticism, Richard Joyce 49. Religious Skepticism, J. L. Schellenberg 50. Skepticism about A Priori Knowledge, Otavio BuenoIndex

A comprehensive, dynamic and complex picture of scepticism in the history and practice of philosophy [which] makes an important contribution to the contemporary debate by providing the reader with a wide-ranging understanding and appreciation of the multifacetedness of scepticism ... A must-have book for philosophers interested in the topic.