Within a sort of conceptually homogeneous logical-epistemological arsenal that reflects a perspective marked by the dichotomy true/false, I would like to focus on one of the ‘logical’ sections of Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism, book II, namely: division, whole/parts, genus/species, accidents (PH II 213-228). These are unique in Sextus’ work and hence find no parallels in the more meticulous analysis provided in M VII and VIII. This uniqueness does not merely concern the dogmatic theories pertaining to the notions of syllogism, induction/definition and sophism, but extends to a range of points made with regard to logical-demonstrative argumentation, and which appear to play a leading role in the doctrines that Sextus seeks to refute.

Some blunt instruments of dogmatic logic: Sextus Empiricus’s sceptical attack / Spinelli, Emidio. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 15-27.

Some blunt instruments of dogmatic logic: Sextus Empiricus’s sceptical attack

Emidio Spinelli
2017

Abstract

Within a sort of conceptually homogeneous logical-epistemological arsenal that reflects a perspective marked by the dichotomy true/false, I would like to focus on one of the ‘logical’ sections of Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism, book II, namely: division, whole/parts, genus/species, accidents (PH II 213-228). These are unique in Sextus’ work and hence find no parallels in the more meticulous analysis provided in M VII and VIII. This uniqueness does not merely concern the dogmatic theories pertaining to the notions of syllogism, induction/definition and sophism, but extends to a range of points made with regard to logical-demonstrative argumentation, and which appear to play a leading role in the doctrines that Sextus seeks to refute.
2017
Yearbook of the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies
978-3-11-052797-1
Sextus Empiricus; ancient logic; dogamtic philosophy
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Some blunt instruments of dogmatic logic: Sextus Empiricus’s sceptical attack / Spinelli, Emidio. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017), pp. 15-27.
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