Harald Thorsrud
Biographic Data
| ID | 1063849 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Harald Thorsrud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Harald |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorsrud |
| SIGNATURE | THORSRUD H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Agnes Scott College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Aristotle on Religion
Mor Segev presents a plausible and powerfully argued resolution to a fundamental problem regarding Aristotle's attitude toward traditional Greek religion. On one hand, Aristotle maintains that anthropomorphic depictions of the gods play a positive and in fact essential role in the state. On the other hand, he claims that these depictions are false, and in some cases pernicious; for example, contrary to the poets' lies, the gods are literally inca…
Ancient Scepticism
Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiri…
Radical and Mitigated Skepticism in Cicero’s Academica
Ancient Self-Refutation
188 PHOENIX intraduisible en grec où l’on parle de sanctuaires communs (koina), même s’il semblerait plus juste d’imputer aux Modernes cet abus de langage attribué à la politique dominatrice des Romains. Il faut être reconnaissant à M. Scott de faire ainsi connaı̂tre à un plus large public les travaux des archéologues et des architectes allemands et français. On retrouve ce même souci de diffusion des connaissances dans le documentaire qu’il a ré…
Sextus Empiricus On Skeptical Piety
Considering the output of two philosophers who - at different times and in different ways - claimed to follow Pyrrho's philosophy and way of life, Timon of Phlius and Sextus Empiricus, the renunciation of writing seems not to be essential to Pyrrhonism. This chapter focuses on the Pyrrhonian writing style in order to show some continuity in ancient Pyrrhonism. It first presents a short overview of Timon's compositional form. It then investigates …
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and e…
Arcesilaus and Carneades
harald thorsrud Arcesilaus and CarneadesArcesilaus initiated a sceptical phase in the Academy after taking over in c. 268 BCE.He was motivated in part by an innovative reading of Plato's dialogues.Where his predecessors found positive doctrines to be systematically developed, he found a dialectical method of arguing and the sceptical view that nothing can be known (akatalpsia, De Or. 3.67, see DL 4.28, 4.32).He also advanced this conclusion in op…
Ancient scepticism
Is the Examined Life Worth Living? A Pyrrhonian Alternative
Cicero on his Academic Predecessors
IN AN IMPORTANT PAPER, Couissin 1 argued for what has come to be called the dialectical interpretation of Academic skepticism. On this interpretation, Arcesilaus and Carneades practiced the same, purely dialectical method--they would elicit assent to premises characteristic of their interlocutor's position and then derive unacceptable consequences exclusively on the basis of those premises. This method allowed them to remain uncommitted to the pr…
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Cicero on his Academic Predecessors
IN AN IMPORTANT PAPER, Couissin 1 argued for what has come to be called the dialectical interpretation of Academic skepticism. On this interpretation, Arcesilaus and Carneades practiced the same, purely dialectical method--they would elicit assent to premises characteristic of their interlocutor's position and then derive unacceptable consequences exclusively on the basis of those premises. This method allowed them to remain uncommitted to the pr…
Is the Examined Life Worth Living? A Pyrrhonian Alternative
Ancient scepticism
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of the main periods, schools, and individual proponents of scepticism in the ancient Greek and Roman world. The contributors examine the major developments chronologically and historically, ranging from the early antecedents of scepticism to the Pyrrhonist tradition. They address the central philosophical and interpretive problems surrounding the sceptics' ideas on subjects including belief, action, and e…
Arcesilaus and Carneades
harald thorsrud Arcesilaus and CarneadesArcesilaus initiated a sceptical phase in the Academy after taking over in c. 268 BCE.He was motivated in part by an innovative reading of Plato's dialogues.Where his predecessors found positive doctrines to be systematically developed, he found a dialectical method of arguing and the sceptical view that nothing can be known (akatalpsia, De Or. 3.67, see DL 4.28, 4.32).He also advanced this conclusion in op…
Sextus Empiricus On Skeptical Piety
Considering the output of two philosophers who - at different times and in different ways - claimed to follow Pyrrho's philosophy and way of life, Timon of Phlius and Sextus Empiricus, the renunciation of writing seems not to be essential to Pyrrhonism. This chapter focuses on the Pyrrhonian writing style in order to show some continuity in ancient Pyrrhonism. It first presents a short overview of Timon's compositional form. It then investigates …
Radical and Mitigated Skepticism in Cicero’s Academica
Ancient Self-Refutation
188 PHOENIX intraduisible en grec où l’on parle de sanctuaires communs (koina), même s’il semblerait plus juste d’imputer aux Modernes cet abus de langage attribué à la politique dominatrice des Romains. Il faut être reconnaissant à M. Scott de faire ainsi connaı̂tre à un plus large public les travaux des archéologues et des architectes allemands et français. On retrouve ce même souci de diffusion des connaissances dans le documentaire qu’il a ré…
Ancient Scepticism
Scepticism, a philosophical tradition that casts doubt on our ability to gain knowledge of the world and suggests suspending judgement in the face of uncertainty, has been influential since is beginnings in ancient Greece. Harald Thorsrud provides an engaging, rigorous introduction to the arguments, central themes and general concerns of ancient Scepticism, from its beginnings with Pyrrho of Elis (c.360-c.270 BCE) to the writings of Sextus Empiri…
Aristotle on Religion
Mor Segev presents a plausible and powerfully argued resolution to a fundamental problem regarding Aristotle's attitude toward traditional Greek religion. On one hand, Aristotle maintains that anthropomorphic depictions of the gods play a positive and in fact essential role in the state. On the other hand, he claims that these depictions are false, and in some cases pernicious; for example, contrary to the poets' lies, the gods are literally inca…
Epistemology (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Classical Philosophy and Thought (8 works) · Skepticism (6 works) · History (5 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Dialectic (3 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (3 works) · Skeptics (Greek philosophy) (3 works)