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THE MODERN DEFENSE OF SKEPTICISM

Author(s): Jakub Walicki
Subject(s): Philosophy, Epistemology, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: skepticism; skeptics; hermeneutics; relativism; limits of knowledge; limits of cognition; Hume; Sextus Empiricus; limits of argumentation; philosophical skepticism;

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to present a credibility of the philosophical skepticism and its intrinsic connection to wisdom. In the paper I explain basic presupposition of the tradition and then revise them within the framework a few modern skeptical clues (rhetorical nature of all argumentation, L. Wittgenstein's language games, hermeneutic concept of knowledge). Taking into considerations widespread accusations against the philosophical skepticism, I reveal their limitations, doing it in a reference to Sextus Empiricus' original remarks. In the last section of the paper I present the skeptical tradition as a certain way of being, which has some significant moral qualities.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 52
  • Page Range: 1-29
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish
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