Hume's Skepticism

A new book on Hume's skepticism has just been published in series SpringerBriefs in Philosophy: David Hume, Sceptic, by Zuzana Parusniková. For more information, go here.

Skepticism and Politics in Cicero

Palgrave Macmillan has just published Walter Nicgorski's Cicero's Skepticism and His Recovery of Political Philosophy. For complete information, click here.

Gorgias

Those interested in the “skeptical” aspects of the Sophists' views might want to know about the publication of a new French translation of both Platon's Gorgias and Gorgias's Encomium of Helen: 

Gorgias de Platon, suivi d'Éloge d'Hélène de Gorgias, translated by Stéphane Marchand and Pierre Ponchon (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2016).

For more information, go here.

Garner's Beyond Morality

In 1994, Richard Garner published Beyond Morality (Temple University Press), in which he defends moral error theory and moral abolitionism. The book was out of print for a few years, but in 2014 was republished by Echo Point Books & Media. For more information, go here.

Job at Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies

Pending approval of external funding, the Universität Hamburg invites applications for a Research Associate for the project “Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies - Jewish Scepticism.” The position starts on 01.01.2017 and will be associated to the Institute for Jewish Philosophy and Religion at the Department of Humanities/Philosophy at the University of Hamburg. The position is remunerated at the salary level TV-L 14 and calls for 39 hours per week. The term is fixed to 28.02.2019. The University aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and explicitly encourages women to apply. Equally qualified female applicants will receive preference in accordance with the Hamburg Equality Act.

Responsibilities: 

Duties include academic services in the project named above. Research associates can also pursue independent research and further academic qualifications. 

Specific Duties: 

The successful applicant will be responsible for the publication series of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies and conduct research within the field of (Jewish) Scepticism. 

Requirements: 

A university degree in a relevant subject plus doctorate. Furthermore the following skills and work experience are required: 

- Native English language skills. 

- The knowledge of additional languages relevant for the project, such as Hebrew, French, Italian, Latin, Greek or Arabic, is desirable. 

- Experience in publishing and editing scientific publications (monographs, text editions, etc.). 

- Profound knowledge in (Jewish) philosophy.The applicant's research should be directly connected to a field relevant to the Maimonides Centre's research focus. 

- Applicants not proficient in German are expected to acquire proficiency in due time. 

Severely disabled applicants will receive preference over equally qualified non-disabled applicants. 

For further information, please contact Maria Wazinski, M.A. (maria.wazinski@uni-hamburg.de) or consult the Centre's website at https://www.maimonides-centre.uni-hamburg.de/en.html. 

Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and copies of degree certificate(s), a publication list and two recommendation letters. The application deadline is 20.09.2016. 

Please send applications to: maria.wazinski@uni-hamburg.de. Interviews will be held in October 2016.

The Hiddenness Argument

John Schellenberg (Mount Stain Vincent University) recently published another book in philosophy of religion: The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God (OUP, 2015).

Skepticism in Kant

The latest issue of the European Journal of Philosophy (42/2, 2016) contains Owen Ware's “Skepticism in Kant's Groundwork.” It can be found here.

Again on the Scope of Sextus's Skepticism

The latest issue of the Italian journal Syzetesis (III/1, 2016) contains Massimo Catapano's “Natura e storia nello scetticismo urbano di Sesto Empirico.” I don't know how good the article is because haven't had the time to read it yet, but you can access the entire issue for free here.

New Issue of Sképsis

Issue 13 of the Brazilian journal Sképsis is now out. You can access it for free here.

Wittgenstein and Skepticism

There's a new entry in the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy dealing with Wittgenstein's views on skepticism and recent Wittgenstein-inspired anti-skeptical strategies: Wittgenstein: Epistemology, by Nicola Claudio Salvatore (University of Campinas).

Some Videos on Skepticism

You can find here a few videos, mainly in Portuguese, dealing with various forms of skepticism.

Sextus on Dogmatic Logic

I've just found out about this paper by Emidio Spinelli (Rome): “Sesto Empirico contro alcuni strumenti dogmatici del vero,” Humanitas 71 (2016): 136-148. I haven't found any link to an online version.

Book Symposium on Sosa's Judgement and Agency

The latest issue of the Brazilian journal Analytica (nº 19, 2015) contains a book symposium on Ernesto Sosa's Judgement and Agency. You can read it for free here.

Pyrrhonism and Buddhism

I've just found out about this talk about Sextus Empiricus and Madhyamaka given by Matthew Neale (Cambridge) at Oxford last year.