This book reconstructs the history of skepticism ranging from ancient to contemporary times. The main skeptical stances and the historical reconstruction of the concept of skepticism are connected with an analysis of their recurrent inconsistency. The author reveals that this inconsistency is not a logical contradiction but a pragmatic one.

Autorentext

Renata Ziemi ska is professor of philosophy and chair in epistemology at the University of Szczecin, Poland. She is member of The Committee on Philosophical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences, member of Society for Skeptical Studies and International Society for the Study of Skepticism.

Inhalt

Genealogy of the Term Skepticism - Evolution of the Idea of Skepticism - Ancient Skepticism - Medieval Skepticism - Modern Skepticism - Contemporary Cartesian Skepticism - Meaning Skepticism - Pragmatic Inconsistency of Skepticism - Pyrrhonism - Academic Skepticism - Fallibilism - Sextus Empiricus