Cicero on his academic predecessors: the fallibilism of Arcesilaus and Carneades. (Philosophical Abstracts).(Brief Article) The Review of Metaphysics (3/1/2002)
In this paper the author argues that Cicero's fallibilist account of his predecessors should be preferred to the dialectical interpretation that has been accepted by most contemporary scholars. According to the dialectical view, the Academics never accept any of the premises or conclusions of their
Greek Philosophers of the Hellenistic Age. The Review of Metaphysics (3/1/1995)
...philosophers: Epicurus, Zeno and Cleanthes, Pyrrho and Arcesilaus, Chrysippus, Carneades and Philo of Larissa, Panaetius...accounts for the peculiarities of grouping: putting Pyrrho and Arcesilaus together encourages assimilation of two distinct sceptical...
Skeptical strategies in the 'Zhuangzi' and 'Theaetetus.' Philosophy East and West (7/1/1994)
...refutation. In Greek philosophy, the term generally refers to two Hellenistic schools. The skeptics of Plato's Academy, Arcesilaus and Carneades, claimed the legacy of Plato, especially Socrates' claims to "know nothing." Pyrrhonian skepticism was...
The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy.(Book Review) (book review) The Philosophical Review (1/1/2002)
...be regarded as rationalists rather than empiricists (321). Schofield emphasizes the Platonic/Socratic antecedents of Arcesilaus (327-30), rejecting a purely ad homines anti-Stoic reading, and shows that Carneades attacked the Epicureans as well...
Phronesis: Vol. 50, No. 3, July 2005.(Character overview) The Review of Metaphysics (12/1/2005)
...reports of Sextus Empiricus and Cicero, yields a sympathetic reading of an otherwise problematic challenge. Sextus reports Arcesilaus as having prepared for the Stoic claim that katalipsis, which is the criterion of truth, is between knowledge and opinion...
Pyrrhonism: How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism.(Book review) Philosophy East and West (7/1/2010)
...Kuzminski contrasts ancient accounts of Pyrrho, who is described as living a tranquil and reclusive life, with those of Arcesilaus (fl. third century B.C.E.), the first head of the skeptical Academy, who is said to be somewhat pompous and prone...
Pyrrhonism and the Madhyamaka. Philosophy East and West (10/1/2007)
...Pyrrhonists distinguished themselves from the other major ancient Greek skeptical school, the Academic skeptics (including Arcesilaus, Carneades, Philo, and Cicero). This school, which seemed to have arisen at least in part in reaction to early Pyrrhonism...
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