Diego E Machuca
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 461127 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Diego E Machuca |
| NOMBRES | Diego E |
| APELLIDO | Machuca |
| FIRMA | MACHUCA D E |
| AFILIACIONES | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9978-7779 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Pyrrhonism Past and Present
Personal Information as Symmetry Breaker in Disagreements
When involved in a disagreement, a common reaction is to tell oneself that, given that the information about one's own epistemic standing is clearly superior in both amount and quality to the information about one's opponent's epistemic standing, one is justified in one's confidence that one's view is correct. In line with this natural reaction to disagreement, some contributors to the debate on its epistemic significance have claimed that one ca…
Experimental Evidence Against Pyrrhonism
In a recent article, Mario Attie-Picker maintains that a number of experimental studies provide evidence against Sextus Empiricus's empirical claims about both the connection between belief and anxiety and the connection between suspension of judgement and undisturbedness. In this article, I argue that Sextus escapes unharmed from the challenge raised by the studies in question for the simple reason that he does not make the claims ascribed to hi…
Evolutionary Debunking Arguments
Is Pyrrhonian Suspension Incompatible with Doubt
The Pyrrhonian skeptic’s stance, as described by Sextus Empiricus, is in good part defined by his suspending judgment or belief about all the matters he has so far investigated. Most interpreters of Pyrrhonism maintain that it is a mistake to understand this form of skepticism in terms of doubt because suspension as conceived of by the Pyrrhonist is markedly different from the state of doubt. In this article, I expound the reasons that have been …
Pyrrhonian Argumentation
The Pyrrhonist’s argumentative practice is characterized by at least four features. First, he makes a therapeutic use of arguments: he employs arguments that differ in their persuasiveness in order to cure his dogmatic patients of the distinct degrees of conceit and rashness that afflict them. Secondly, his arguments are for the most part dialectical : when offering an argument to oppose it to another argument advanced by a given dogmatist, he ac…
Skepticism
Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind. By exploring each of the distinct traditions and providing expert insights, this extensive reference work:…
Moral Skepticism
A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
Conciliationism and the Menace of Scepticism
It is sometimes claimed that conciliatory views on disagreement ultimately lead to either global or widespread scepticism. This is deemed to be a real problem for conciliationism either because scepticism of either kind is patently untenable or because it poses a serious threat to our intellectual and social lives. In this paper, I first argue that the alleged untenability of both types of scepticism is far from obvious and should therefore be es…
Sextus Empiricus
With the present translation of the two books Against the Physicists (AP), Richard Bett completes his translation of the five extant books of Sextus Empiricus's Against the Dogmatists, which began ...
Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality
In this paper, I critically engage with Casey Perin's interpretation of Sextan Pyrrhonism in his recent book, The Demands of Reason: An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism. From an approach that is both exegetical and systematic, I explore a number of issues concerning the Pyrrhonist's inquiry into truth, his alleged commitment to the canons of rationality, and his response to the apraxia objection.
Pyrrhonism and the Law of Non-Contradiction
Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy
Moderate Ethical Realism In Sextus’ Against The Ethicists?
attentively read his Against the Ethicists have gotten the impression that something strange is going on in this book.1 For, at variance with the ‘official ’ Pyrrhonian attitude of universal suspension of judgment, a num-ber of passages of AM XI seem to ascribe to the Pyrrhonist both a type of negative dogmatism and a form of realism, which together amount to what may be called ‘moderate ethical realism’. The purpose of this paper is to determine…
New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism
Scholarship on ancient Pyrrhonism has made tremendous advances over the past three decades, thanks especially to the careful reexamination of Sextus Empiricus’ extant corpus. Building on this momentum, the authors of the eight essays collected here examine some of the most vexed and intriguing exegetical and philosophical questions posed by Sextus’ presentation of this form of skepticism. The essays explore in a new light the skeptical interpreta…
The Pyrrhonian Argument from Possible Disagreement
In his Pyrrhonian Outlines, Sextus Empiricus employs an argument based upon the possibility of disagreement in order to show that one should not assent to a Dogmatic claim to which at present one cannot oppose a rival claim. The use of this argument seems to be at variance with the Pyrrhonian stance, both because it does not seem to accord with the definition of Skepticism and because the argument appears to entail that the search for truth is do…
Ancient Skepticism
Scholarship on ancient skepticism has witnessed a remarkable renaissance in the last three decades. Specialists in ancient philosophy have explored the complex history of the Greco-Roman skeptical traditions and discussed difficult philological and exegetical issues. But they have also assessed the philosophical significance of the various ancient skeptical outlooks. In this first paper, I provide a general presentation of this area of study, whi…
Ancient Skepticism
Ancient philosophy knew two main skeptical traditions: the Pyrrhonian and the Academic. In this final paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present some of the topics about Academic skepticism which have recently been much debated in the specialist literature. I will be concerned with the outlooks of Arcesilaus, Carneades, and Philo of Larissa
Ancient Skepticism
Pyrrhonism was one of the two main ancient skeptical traditions. In this second paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present and discuss some of the issues on Pyrrhonian skepticism which have been the focus of much attention in the recent literature. The topics to be addressed concern the outlooks of Pyrrho, Aenesidemus, and Sextus Empiricus
The Pyrrhonist’s ἀταραξία and φιλανθρωπία
Adversus Mathematicos (AM) i 6 describes in a similar way the Skeptic's reason for starting to philosophize and the result of his philosophical investigation.
Ancient Skepticism
Ancient philosophy knew two main skeptical traditions: the Pyrrhonian and the Academic. In this final paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present some of the topics about Academic skepticism which have recently been much debated in the specialist literature. I will be concerned with the outlooks of Arcesilaus, Carneades, and Philo of Larissa
Ancient Skepticism
Pyrrhonism was one of the two main ancient skeptical traditions. In this second paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present and discuss some of the issues on Pyrrhonian skepticism which have been the focus of much attention in the recent literature. The topics to be addressed concern the outlooks of Pyrrho, Aenesidemus, and Sextus Empiricus
Evolutionary Debunking Arguments
Conciliationism and the Menace of Scepticism
It is sometimes claimed that conciliatory views on disagreement ultimately lead to either global or widespread scepticism. This is deemed to be a real problem for conciliationism either because scepticism of either kind is patently untenable or because it poses a serious threat to our intellectual and social lives. In this paper, I first argue that the alleged untenability of both types of scepticism is far from obvious and should therefore be es…
The Pyrrhonist’s ἀταραξία and φιλανθρωπία
Adversus Mathematicos (AM) i 6 describes in a similar way the Skeptic's reason for starting to philosophize and the result of his philosophical investigation.
Moderate Ethical Realism In Sextus’ Against The Ethicists?
attentively read his Against the Ethicists have gotten the impression that something strange is going on in this book.1 For, at variance with the ‘official ’ Pyrrhonian attitude of universal suspension of judgment, a num-ber of passages of AM XI seem to ascribe to the Pyrrhonist both a type of negative dogmatism and a form of realism, which together amount to what may be called ‘moderate ethical realism’. The purpose of this paper is to determine…
New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism
Scholarship on ancient Pyrrhonism has made tremendous advances over the past three decades, thanks especially to the careful reexamination of Sextus Empiricus’ extant corpus. Building on this momentum, the authors of the eight essays collected here examine some of the most vexed and intriguing exegetical and philosophical questions posed by Sextus’ presentation of this form of skepticism. The essays explore in a new light the skeptical interpreta…
The Pyrrhonian Argument from Possible Disagreement
In his Pyrrhonian Outlines, Sextus Empiricus employs an argument based upon the possibility of disagreement in order to show that one should not assent to a Dogmatic claim to which at present one cannot oppose a rival claim. The use of this argument seems to be at variance with the Pyrrhonian stance, both because it does not seem to accord with the definition of Skepticism and because the argument appears to entail that the search for truth is do…
Ancient Skepticism
Scholarship on ancient skepticism has witnessed a remarkable renaissance in the last three decades. Specialists in ancient philosophy have explored the complex history of the Greco-Roman skeptical traditions and discussed difficult philological and exegetical issues. But they have also assessed the philosophical significance of the various ancient skeptical outlooks. In this first paper, I provide a general presentation of this area of study, whi…
Ancient Skepticism
Ancient philosophy knew two main skeptical traditions: the Pyrrhonian and the Academic. In this final paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present some of the topics about Academic skepticism which have recently been much debated in the specialist literature. I will be concerned with the outlooks of Arcesilaus, Carneades, and Philo of Larissa
Ancient Skepticism
Pyrrhonism was one of the two main ancient skeptical traditions. In this second paper of the three-part series devoted to ancient skepticism, I present and discuss some of the issues on Pyrrhonian skepticism which have been the focus of much attention in the recent literature. The topics to be addressed concern the outlooks of Pyrrho, Aenesidemus, and Sextus Empiricus
Pyrrhonism and the Law of Non-Contradiction
Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy
Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality
In this paper, I critically engage with Casey Perin's interpretation of Sextan Pyrrhonism in his recent book, The Demands of Reason: An Essay on Pyrrhonian Scepticism. From an approach that is both exegetical and systematic, I explore a number of issues concerning the Pyrrhonist's inquiry into truth, his alleged commitment to the canons of rationality, and his response to the apraxia objection.
Sextus Empiricus
With the present translation of the two books Against the Physicists (AP), Richard Bett completes his translation of the five extant books of Sextus Empiricus's Against the Dogmatists, which began ...
Conciliationism and the Menace of Scepticism
It is sometimes claimed that conciliatory views on disagreement ultimately lead to either global or widespread scepticism. This is deemed to be a real problem for conciliationism either because scepticism of either kind is patently untenable or because it poses a serious threat to our intellectual and social lives. In this paper, I first argue that the alleged untenability of both types of scepticism is far from obvious and should therefore be es…
Moral Skepticism
A neo-Pyrrhonian response to the disagreeing about disagreement argument
Skepticism
Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present is an authoritative and up-to-date survey of the entire history of skepticism. Divided chronologically into ancient, medieval, renaissance, modern, and contemporary periods, and featuring 50 specially-commissioned chapters from leading philosophers, this comprehensive volume is the first of its kind. By exploring each of the distinct traditions and providing expert insights, this extensive reference work:…
Pyrrhonian Argumentation
The Pyrrhonist’s argumentative practice is characterized by at least four features. First, he makes a therapeutic use of arguments: he employs arguments that differ in their persuasiveness in order to cure his dogmatic patients of the distinct degrees of conceit and rashness that afflict them. Secondly, his arguments are for the most part dialectical : when offering an argument to oppose it to another argument advanced by a given dogmatist, he ac…
Is Pyrrhonian Suspension Incompatible with Doubt
The Pyrrhonian skeptic’s stance, as described by Sextus Empiricus, is in good part defined by his suspending judgment or belief about all the matters he has so far investigated. Most interpreters of Pyrrhonism maintain that it is a mistake to understand this form of skepticism in terms of doubt because suspension as conceived of by the Pyrrhonist is markedly different from the state of doubt. In this article, I expound the reasons that have been …
Pyrrhonism Past and Present
Personal Information as Symmetry Breaker in Disagreements
When involved in a disagreement, a common reaction is to tell oneself that, given that the information about one's own epistemic standing is clearly superior in both amount and quality to the information about one's opponent's epistemic standing, one is justified in one's confidence that one's view is correct. In line with this natural reaction to disagreement, some contributors to the debate on its epistemic significance have claimed that one ca…
Experimental Evidence Against Pyrrhonism
In a recent article, Mario Attie-Picker maintains that a number of experimental studies provide evidence against Sextus Empiricus's empirical claims about both the connection between belief and anxiety and the connection between suspension of judgement and undisturbedness. In this article, I argue that Sextus escapes unharmed from the challenge raised by the studies in question for the simple reason that he does not make the claims ascribed to hi…
Evolutionary Debunking Arguments
Philosophy (19 obras) · Epistemology (18 obras) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (15 obras) · Skepticism (12 obras) · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics (10 obras) · Classical Antiquity Studies (6 obras) · Psychology (6 obras) · Law (5 obras) · Linguistics (5 obras) · Environmental ethics (4 obras)