Against the Professors
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Against the Professors is a major work of ancient Pyrrhonian skepticism by Sextus Empiricus that systematically critiques the claims and methods of various academic disciplines.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical text
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philosophical work ⓘ skeptical work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | undermine claims to certain knowledge ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Adversus Mathematicos
NERFINISHED
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Against the Mathematicians ⓘ Pros Mathematikous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sextus Empiricus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
arithmetic
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astrology ⓘ ethics ⓘ geometry ⓘ grammar ⓘ logic ⓘ music theory ⓘ physics ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ |
| critiques |
academic disciplines
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dogmatic philosophy ⓘ |
| denies | existence of secure epistemic foundations in the criticized disciplines ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
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skepticism ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
early modern philosophy
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history of skepticism ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Roman Empire intellectual culture ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aenesidemus
NERFINISHED
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earlier Pyrrhonists ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| method |
skeptical argumentation
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systematic critique ⓘ |
| partOf | Adversus Mathematicos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition | suspension of judgment (epoché) ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Pyrrhonian skepticism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | manuscript tradition of late antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| presupposes | distinction between appearance and reality ⓘ |
| questions |
reliability of sense perception
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validity of demonstrative proofs in the sciences ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Outlines of Pyrrhonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | series of books each devoted to a discipline ⓘ |
| subject |
criteria of truth
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epistemology ⓘ methodology of the sciences ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Renaissance humanists
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early modern skeptics ⓘ |
| workIn | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
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