Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5241340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Svavar Hrafn |
| FAMILY NAME | Svavarsson |
| SIGNATURE | SVAVARSSON S H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Investigation and Tranquillity in Sextus Empiricus
Sextus Empiricus tells us that the sceptics conduct investigations. Genuine investigations are commonly taken to have some connection with the aim of discovering truth. Sextus also tells us that the sceptics aim at tranquillity in their investigations. But they do this only by suspending judgement. In what sense, then, are their investigations connected with the aim of discovering truth? This article argues that there is a sense in which Sextus c…
Gadamer’s Harmonizing Reading of Plato and Aristotle
Contrary to many contemporary readings of Plato and Aristotle, Hans-Georg Gadamer sees harmony in their thought. A challenge to this reading is that Aristotle criticizes Plato’s forms and the good. Aware of these criticisms, Gadamer understands these two thinkers as having significant commonalities and pursuing related goals. Gadamer’s interpretation is less a historical approach than an attempt to explain and justify aspects of his own philosoph…
Disturbance in the Outlines of Sextus Empiricus
Sextus seems to offer inconsistent accounts of the sceptics’ achievement of tranquillity, apparently saying both that the sceptics’ tranquillity is achieved by suspending judgement on all issues and that it is achieved by suspending judgement only on the issue of there being objective goods and evils. It is argued that Sextus does not make the latter claim. The reason for the sceptics’ achievement of tranquillity is to be found in the original pe…
Timon of Phleious
Timon of Phleious (ca. 325/20–235/30 bce ), philosopher and poet, is our primary source for the philosophy of Pyrrho, whose views he presented both by positive explication and by mocking criticism of other philosophers. While his presentation of Pyrrho's views may not reflect Pyrrho's own style, most agree that he is first and foremost an explicator of Pyrrho, even if the extent of his own philosophical contribution remains a matter of debate.
Pyrrho of Elis
Pyrrho of Elis (365/60–275/70 bce ) lent his name to Pyrrhonism, one of the two skeptical schools of ancient philosophy. Since he left nothing in writing, we are mostly dependent on the testimony of his disciple Timon of Phleious. More dogmatic than later Pyrrhonists he advanced the view that things were by nature no specific way. He suggested that those who accepted this insight would attain tranquility.
Sextus Empiricus on Persuasiveness and Equipollence
Two Kinds of Tranquility
Timon of Phlius
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…
Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism
Pyrrho's (365/60-275/70 BC) name has carried great weight in the history of philosophy ever since it was attached to one of the two main branches of ancient scepticism. Traditionally, Pyrrho's own philosophy has been interpreted as the early version of the more sophisticated philosophy recorded by Aenesidemus and preserved in the writings of Sextus Empiricus. This traditional view is not, however, unchallenged, and in recent years alternative int…
Plato on Forms and Conflicting Appearances
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Pyrrho’s dogmatic nature
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Timon of Phlius
Plato on Forms and Conflicting Appearances
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Pyrrho’s dogmatic nature
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Plato on Forms and Conflicting Appearances
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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…
Pyrrho and early Pyrrhonism
Pyrrho's (365/60-275/70 BC) name has carried great weight in the history of philosophy ever since it was attached to one of the two main branches of ancient scepticism. Traditionally, Pyrrho's own philosophy has been interpreted as the early version of the more sophisticated philosophy recorded by Aenesidemus and preserved in the writings of Sextus Empiricus. This traditional view is not, however, unchallenged, and in recent years alternative int…
Timon of Phlius
Two Kinds of Tranquility
Sextus Empiricus on Persuasiveness and Equipollence
Pyrrho of Elis
Pyrrho of Elis (365/60–275/70 bce ) lent his name to Pyrrhonism, one of the two skeptical schools of ancient philosophy. Since he left nothing in writing, we are mostly dependent on the testimony of his disciple Timon of Phleious. More dogmatic than later Pyrrhonists he advanced the view that things were by nature no specific way. He suggested that those who accepted this insight would attain tranquility.
Timon of Phleious
Timon of Phleious (ca. 325/20–235/30 bce ), philosopher and poet, is our primary source for the philosophy of Pyrrho, whose views he presented both by positive explication and by mocking criticism of other philosophers. While his presentation of Pyrrho's views may not reflect Pyrrho's own style, most agree that he is first and foremost an explicator of Pyrrho, even if the extent of his own philosophical contribution remains a matter of debate.
Disturbance in the Outlines of Sextus Empiricus
Sextus seems to offer inconsistent accounts of the sceptics’ achievement of tranquillity, apparently saying both that the sceptics’ tranquillity is achieved by suspending judgement on all issues and that it is achieved by suspending judgement only on the issue of there being objective goods and evils. It is argued that Sextus does not make the latter claim. The reason for the sceptics’ achievement of tranquillity is to be found in the original pe…
Investigation and Tranquillity in Sextus Empiricus
Sextus Empiricus tells us that the sceptics conduct investigations. Genuine investigations are commonly taken to have some connection with the aim of discovering truth. Sextus also tells us that the sceptics aim at tranquillity in their investigations. But they do this only by suspending judgement. In what sense, then, are their investigations connected with the aim of discovering truth? This article argues that there is a sense in which Sextus c…
Gadamer’s Harmonizing Reading of Plato and Aristotle
Contrary to many contemporary readings of Plato and Aristotle, Hans-Georg Gadamer sees harmony in their thought. A challenge to this reading is that Aristotle criticizes Plato’s forms and the good. Aware of these criticisms, Gadamer understands these two thinkers as having significant commonalities and pursuing related goals. Gadamer’s interpretation is less a historical approach than an attempt to explain and justify aspects of his own philosoph…
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