The Reception of Cicero's Academica

The latest issue of the French journal Astérion is devoted to the reception of Cicero's Academica in the modern age. The articles by Sylvia Giocanti, Stéphane Marchand, Christophe Grellard, Luiz Eva, and Sébastien Charles can be accessed for free here.

Skepticism in Classical Islam

In a couple of months, Routledge will publish Paul Heck's Skepticism in Classical Islam: Moments of Confusion. More information can be found here.

The New Evil Demon

On September 12-13, the Université de Génève will host the conference "The New Evil Demon: Knowledge, Rationality and the Internal." Here's the program:

Thursday, September 12th

14-15:30: Stewart Cohen: "Justification, Rationality, and Truth."

16-17:30: Clayton Littlejohn: "A Plea for Epistemic Excuses."

Friday, September 13th

9-10:30: Nico Silins: "The Evil Demon Inside."

11-12:30: Julien Dutant: "Knowledge-Based Decision Theory and the New Evil Demon."

14:30-16: Maria Lasonen-Aarnio: TBA.

16:30-18: Timothy Williamson: "Legality and Law-Abidingness."

Attendance is free. Further information can be found on the conference's website: http://www.unige.ch/lettres/philo/evenements/2013/newevildemon.php.

Bibliography on Pyrrhonism

My annotated bibliography on Pyrrhonism has just been published in Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. It includes not only works on ancient Pyrrhonism, but also works dealing with Pyrrhonism in modern and contemporary philosophy.

Barnes on Ancient Skepticism

The third volume of Jonathan Barnes's essays on ancient philosophy, Proof, Knowledge, and Scepticism (OUP, 2014), will contain his several papers on ancient skepticism, most of which deal with Sextus Empiricus's Pyrrhonism. For complete information, go here.

Issue 3/3 of IJSS

Issue 3/3 of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now available online here. This issue includes articles on ancient and contemporary skepticism as well as reviews of books on ancient, medieval, and modern skepticism.

NB: the home page of the journal offers a link where you can recommend it to your librarian with one simple click.

Skepticism and Perceptual Justification

A couple of days ago, I read about this forthcoming collection: Scepticism and Perceptual Justification (OUP), edited by Dylan Dodd and Elia Zardini. For more information, go here.

Against Ethical Skepticism

In his recent book, Knowing Right from Wrong (OUP, 2012), Kieran Setiya (Pittsburgh) proposes to meet several skeptical challenges to moral knowledge. Information about the book can be found here; and here you'll find Charlie Kurth's review in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.

Inquiry, Rationality, and Action in Sextus

Today I received the electronic offprint of my "Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality," Elenchos 34 (2013): 201–228, which is a critical notice of Casey Perin's The Demands of Reason (OUP, 2010). I enjoyed writing this paper because discussing Casey's thoughtful views and arguments allowed me to restate my general interpretation of Sextus and think further about the problems raised by his Pyrrhonism.

Skepticism about Free Will

A couple of days ago, I received an email letting me know about this new collection: Exploring the Illusion of Free Will and Moral Responsibility (Lexington Books, 2013), edited by Gregg Caruso. For complete information, go here.

Williams on Skepticism

The latest issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research contains Michael Williams's "Skepticism, Evidence, and Entitlement," which can be found here.

Skepticism in the Enlightenment

I'd like to let you know about this new volume: Scepticism in the Eighteenth Century: Enlightenment, Lumières, Aufklärung (Springer, 2013), edited by S. Charles and P. Junqueira Smith. Information can be found here.

New Review of New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism

The latest issue of Revue Philosophique de Louvain (111/1, pp. 176-179) contains Brigitte Pérez-Jean's review of New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism. It can be found here.

New Issue of Sképsis

The latest issue of the Brazilian journal Sképsis is now out. The papers can be accessed here.