Issue 6.1 of IJSS

Issue 6.1 of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now out. You can find it here.

Hume's Skepticism

The latest issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (92/2, 2016) includes Yuval Avnur's “Excuses for Hume's Skepticism”. You can find it here.

New Website on Ancient Skepticism

There is a new website on ancient skepticism hosted by the Universidad de Córdoba (Spain). You can check it out here.

Entry on Sextus

Volume 6 of DPhA has finally been published, after quite a few years in the making. It includes the following entry on Sextus:

Emidio Spinelli, s.v. Sextus Empiricus, in R. Goulet (ed.), Dictionnaire des philosophes antiques, vol. VI: de Sabinillus à Tyrsénos, pp. 265-300. Paris: CNRS Editions, 2016.

2017 SSS Meeting

James Beebe (Buffalo) is organizing a group session (or two) for the Society for Skeptical Studies at next year's Eastern Division Meeting of the American Philosophical Association (Jan 4-7, 2017, in Baltimore, MD). If you have a paper that deals with philosophical skepticism that you would like to have considered for inclusion in the SSS session(s), please send your submission to Beebe at jbeebe2@buffalo.edu by May 1, 2016.