Saturday, April 28, 2018

Elenchos

For those who have been wondering, the Italian journal Elenchos, which over the years has published quite a few articles on ancient skepticism, will now be published by Walter de Gruyter. First edited by Gabriele Giannantoni and then by Anna Maria Ioppolo, the journal will now be edited by Francesca Alesse, Riccardo Chiaradonna, and Emidio Spinelli. The new journal's webpage can be found here.

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Three Lectures on Skepticism

Next May, there will be a series of three lectures on skepticism (“Conoscenza, Plausibilità, Scetticismo: Tre Lezione tra Ricostruzione Storica e Riflessione Teorica”) at the Sapienza Università di Roma, Villa Mirafiori, Via Carlo Fea 2, room XI “M. M. Olivetti”.

May 21, 12.30-14.30: Carlo Cellucci, Vero e plausibile.

May 23, 14.30-16.30: Anna Maria Ioppolo, Arcesilao nella storia dell’Accademia di Cicerone”.

May 28, 12.30-14.30: Emidio Spinelli, Scettici differenti: Pirroniani contro Accademici”.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

A Dialogue on External World Skepticism

A peculiar book discussing arguments for and against external world skepticism was published a couple of months ago: Eli Hirsch, Radical Skepticism and the Shadow of Doubt: A Philosophical Dialogue (Bloomsbury, 2018). To get a precise idea of its approach and contents, you can read a very recent review by Samuel Lebens in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Saturday, April 7, 2018

Contextualism and Skepticism

Nine years after the publication of the first volume of Keith DeRose's Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context, the second is out: The Appearance of Ignorance (OUP, 2018).