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Sceptical Paths gathers a variety of innovative studies that inquire into the presence and function of sceptical elements, strategies, and approaches in various traditions throughout Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and contemporary philosophy. Special attention is given to the place of sceptical argumentation in religious authors, challenging commonly held distinctions within the historiography of scepticism, and introduction of lesser-known thinkers.

Sceptical Paths gathers a variety of innovative studies that inquire into the presence and function of sceptical elements, strategies, and approaches in various traditions throughout Ancient, Medieval, Modern, and contemporary philosophy. Special attention is given to the place of sceptical argumentation in religious authors, challenging commonly held distinctions within the historiography of scepticism, and introduction of lesser-known thinkers.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Philo of Alexandria vs. Descartes: An Ignored Jewish Premonitory Critic of the Cogito / Lévy, Carlos -- Sextus Εmpiricus's use of dunamis / Marchand, Stéphane -- Does Pyrrhonism Have Practical or Epistemic Value? / Machuca, Diego E. -- endoxa and the Theology of Aristotle in Avicenna's "Flying Man": Contexts for Similarities with Sceptical and Cartesian Arguments in Avicenna / Eichner, Heidrun -- The Problem of Many Gods in al-Ghazālī, Averroes, Maimonides, Crescas, and Sforno / Harvey, Warren Zev -- What is Maimonidean Scepticism? / Stern, Josef -- Medieval Scepticism and Divine Deception / Lagerlund, Henrik -- Spinoza on Global Doubt / León Serrano, José María Sánchez de -- Scepticism in Early Modern Times / Charles, Sébastien -- Three Varieties of Early Modern Scepticism / Schmid, Stephan -- Narrowing of "Know" as a Contextualist Strategy against Cartesian Sceptical Conclusions / Hernández, Nancy Abigail Nuñez -- List of Contributors -- Index