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ACADEMIC SCEPTICISM IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF EARLY...

This book explores how far some leading philosophers  from Montaigne to Hume  used Academic
Scepticism to build their own brand of scepticism or took it as its main sceptical target. The
book offers a detailed view of the main modern key figures  including Sanches  Charron  La
Mothe Le Vayer  Bacon  Gassendi  Descartes  Malebranche  Pascal  Foucher  Huet  and Bayle. In
addition  it provides a comprehensive assessment of the role of Academic Scepticism in Early
Modern philosophy and a complete survey of the period. As a whole  the book offers a basis for
a new  balanced assessment of the role played by scepticism in both its forms. Since Richard
Popkin's works  there has been considerable interest in the role played by Pyrrhonian
Scepticism in Early Modern Philosophy. Comparatively  Academic Scepticism was much neglected by
scholars  despite some scattered important contributions. Furthermore  a general assessment of
the presence of Academic Scepticism in Early Modern Philosophy is lacking. This book fills the
void.

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