Adversus Physicos
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Adversus Physicos is a work by the ancient skeptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges the claims of natural philosophers about the physical world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical text
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philosophical work ⓘ skeptical treatise ⓘ |
| aim | to suspend judgment about claims concerning the physical world ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 2nd century CE ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Adversus Mathematicos
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Outlines of Pyrrhonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sextus Empiricus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralConcept |
equipollence of arguments about nature
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unreliability of theoretical explanations of the physical world ⓘ |
| critiques |
Epicurean physics
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Peripatetic physics ⓘ Stoic physics ⓘ dogmatic natural philosophers ⓘ |
| genre |
critical commentary on natural philosophy
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philosophical polemic ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
David Hume
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early modern philosophy of science ⓘ later skeptical philosophy ⓘ modern interpretations of Pyrrhonism ⓘ |
| method |
setting arguments in opposition
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skeptical argumentation ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalGoal | ataraxia regarding beliefs about nature ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | ancient skepticism ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
critique of causal explanation
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critique of cosmology ⓘ critique of theories of cause ⓘ critique of theories of elements ⓘ critique of theories of motion ⓘ critique of theories of place ⓘ critique of theories of time ⓘ limits of human knowledge of nature ⓘ suspension of judgment (epochē) ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Pyrrhonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| region | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classics
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history of philosophy ⓘ history of science ⓘ |
| subject |
epistemology
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natural philosophy ⓘ physics in ancient philosophy ⓘ skepticism about nature ⓘ |
| titleInLatin | Adversus Physicos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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