According to Paul Hazard, historical pyrrhonism has been perceived as one of the factors responsible for the “bankruptcy of history” between seventeenth and eighteenth Century. This interpretation takes as a fact what is a picture of historical pyrrhonism drawn by its opponents in a polemic spirit. However, if we took a look at the connections between pyrrhonism, erudition and criticism closely enough we should be able to see that historical pyrrhonism has given important contributions to the epistemological and methodological reflection on history.
Seguendo l'interpretazione di Paul Hazard, il pirronismo storico è stato considerato come uno dei fattori responsabili della "bancarotta della storia" nell'età della crisi della coscienza europea. Questa interpretazione assume come veritiero il ritratto del pirronismo storico dipinto per ragioni polemiche dai suoi avversari. Se, al contrario, si considerano più da vicino le relazioni tra pirronismo, erudizione e critixca, ci si persuade facilmente che che il pirronismo storico ha contribuitomolto alla riflessione epistemologica e metodologica sulla storia.
Historischer Pyrrhonismus, Erudition und Kritik / Borghero, Carlo. - In: DAS ACHTZEHNTE JAHRHUNDERT. - ISSN 0722-740X. - 31:(2007), pp. 164-178.
Historischer Pyrrhonismus, Erudition und Kritik
BORGHERO, Carlo
2007
Abstract
According to Paul Hazard, historical pyrrhonism has been perceived as one of the factors responsible for the “bankruptcy of history” between seventeenth and eighteenth Century. This interpretation takes as a fact what is a picture of historical pyrrhonism drawn by its opponents in a polemic spirit. However, if we took a look at the connections between pyrrhonism, erudition and criticism closely enough we should be able to see that historical pyrrhonism has given important contributions to the epistemological and methodological reflection on history.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.