Skepticism in Renaissance and

This second volume in the Journal of the History of Philosophy book series (JHP Books) is devoted to the resurgence of scepticism in the Renaissance and after. It contains eight original essays by historians of early modern philosophy from Europe and North and South America, with concluding remarks by Richard H Popkin, who reviews fifty years of scholarship on the history of early modern scepticism and evaluates its present stage.

Introduction

7

(6)

Jose R. Maia Neto

Epoche as Perfection: Montaigne's View of Ancient Skepticism

13

(30)

Jose R. Maia Neto

Henry More, John Finch, and The History of Scepticism

43

(22)

Sarah Hutton

Hobbes and the Continental Tradition of Skepticism

65

(42)

Gianni Paganini

Dubium Perfectissimum: The Skepticism of the ``Subtle Arriaga''

107

(16)

Jean-Robert Armogathe

Huet, Descartes, and the Objection of Objections

123

(20)

Thomas M. Lennon

Mathematical Skepticism: The Debate between Hobbes and Wallis

143

(42)

Luciano Floridi

Berkeley and Skepticism: Berkeley's Diagnosis of Skepticism---and His Proposed Cure

185

(16)

Harry M. Bracken

``Yes, Skeptics Can Live Their Skepticism and Cope with Tyranny as Well as Anyone''

201

(34)

John Christian Laursen

Concluding Remarks

235

(8)

Richard H. Popkin

Contributors

243

(2)

Index

245

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