In The Debate on Probable Opinions in the Scholastic Tradition, Rudolf Schuessler portrays
scholastic approaches to a qualified disagreement of opinions. The book outlines how …

Early modern Venice was an exceptional city. Located at the intersection of trade routes and
cultural borders, it teemed with visitors, traders, refugees and intellectuals. It is perhaps …

This work invites us to view the Pyrrhonist tradition as involving all those who share a
commitment to the activity of Pyrrhonizing and develops fresh, provocative readings of …

Argues that David Hume was a thoroughgoing sceptic on epistemological, metaphysical and
doxastic groundsAdvances both historical and logical reasons for the conclusion that Hume …

This is the first collection of original essays entirely devoted to a detailed study of the
Pyrrhonian tradition. The twelve contributions collected in the present volume combine to …

This article analyzes the relation between Francis Bacon's Sylva sylvarum one of its most
important sources, Giovan Barttista Della Porta's Magia naturalis. I claim that Bacon used …

Bayle (Popkin 2003) and in many other works, established that scepticism played an
important role in the development of early modern philosophy. He showed that ancient …

Unlike Descartes, Francis Bacon never wanted to cast aside traditional philosophy in order
to mark new beginnings for the intellectual enterprise. He was as much a historian as an …

The purpose of this paper is to assess Bacon's proclamation of the novelty of his Novum
Organum. We argue that in the Novum Organum, Bacon reshapes the traditional …

This entry examines the development and impact of the study of philosophical skepticism
throughout Latin America. It also highlights some significant trends and important …