The limits of skepticism. (in studying the ancient Near East) The Journal of the American Oriental Society (4/1/1990)
Faced with limited evidence, students of the ancient Near East must choose between two alternatives: to limit the inferences they draw from it, or to treat it as a precious resource...

DESCARTES AND SKEPTICISM.(Rene Descartes) The Review of Metaphysics (3/1/1999)
...often taken for the epitome of skepticism.(1) Thus Myles Burnyeat...Descartes goes further than the ancient skeptics in doubting the existence...skeptical as any one can be. The ancient skeptics could not go that...doubt and the devices of ancient ...

Skepticism, Modernity, and Critical Theory.(Brief Article)(Book Review) Reference & Research Book News (11/1/2005)
1403918147 Skepticism, modernity, and critical theory...through the concept and practice of skepticism as it relates to foundational elements...examines idealism, metacritique and ancient skepticism, the work of Descartes on doubt...

Augustine's Critique of Skepticism: A Study of 'Contra Academicos.' The Review of Metaphysics (6/1/1998)
...J. Augustine's Critique of Skepticism. A Study of Contra Academicos...s life and in the history of ancient skepticism (chap. 2). The heart of the...inescapable self-contradictions of skepticism, it aims not so much to defend...

Study & practice of faith; Molly Zahn is only 21 but she has already learned several important life lessons - about the necessity for community in one's life and the need to combine one's deep faith in God with a healthy skepticism about the human institution that is the church. Now the University of Minnesota senior and new Rhodes scholar is going to Europe to study ancient biblical texts.(NEWS) Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) (1/20/2001)
...class on the Hebrew Bible and the texts of religions of the ancient Near East that the first test would be multiple choice, with...from viola to environmental education, to philosophy, to ancient biblical texts. She also was growing up, from a young freshman...

The New Skepticism. Free Inquiry (3/22/1993)
...wide-ranging book, The New Skepticism, Paul Kurtz does all of these...method--referred to as "skepticism as inquiry"--in all areas...Parts 1 and 2 of The New Skepticism set skepticism as inquiry...skepticism starting with the ...

Augustine: Ancient Thought Baptized. Theological Studies (6/1/1995)
...topic of Augustine's Christianization of ancient philosophy a profound knowledge of ancient thought. He sidesteps the difficult problem...insights into Augustine's refutation of ancient skepticism and his development of a new form of ...

Justice Uncertain: Judith Shklar on Liberalism, Skepticism, and Equality.(political philosopher) Polity (3/22/1999)
...Ideologically, her political skepticism confined her to endorsing...ethical affirmations that her skepticism had ruled out, providing...evidence for the conclusion that skepticism alone is insufficient for...skepticism practiced by the ...

Levine, Alan. Sensual Philosophy: Toleration, Skepticism, and Montaigne's Politics of the Self.(Book Review) The Review of Metaphysics (12/1/2004)
...Philosophy: Toleration, Skepticism, and Montaigne's Politics...ground. By beginning from skepticism, Montaigne avoids all sorts...exploded notions. However, his skepticism is itself not dogmatic or...Levine calls him "half ancient, half modem" (p. 21...