Perceptual Justification and Skepticism

The latest issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research includes Matthew McGrath's "Dogmatism, Underminers, and Skepticism," which can be found here.

Program Conference on Neo-Pyrrhonism

Here's the program for the conference “Neo-Pyrrhonism, Ancient and Contemporary,” to be held in Curitiba (Brazil) next week.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22th

9h00 - Welcome to Participants

9h45 - Diego Machuca (CONICET):  “A Pyrrhonian Response to the Disagreeing about Disagreement Argument.”

11h00 - Plínio Smith (Unifesp): “From ancient Pyrrhonism to Neo-Pyrrhonism: on Anomalia and Following a Rule.”

12h15 - Lunch Break

14h00 - Livia Guimarães (UFMG): TBA.

15h15 - Stéphane Marchand (ENS Lyon): “Sextus Empiricus: Skepticism and Daily Life.”

16h30 - Coffee Break

16h45 - Richard Bett (Johns Hopkins University): “A Sceptic Looks at Art (but not very closely): Sextus Empiricus on Music.”

THURSDAY, MAY 23th

9h45 - Oswaldo Porchat (USP/Unicamp): “On What Appears,” text presented and commented by Plínio Smith

11h00 - Luiz Eva (UFPR): “Neo-Pyrrhonism and Phainomenon.”

12h15 - Lunch Break

14h45 - Flávio Williges (UFSM): “Williams on Scepticism.”

16h00 - Michael Williams (Johns Hopkins University): “Skepticism, Guidance and Deontology.”

FRIDAY, MAY 24th

9h45 - Todd Ryan (Trinity College): “Is Philo a Consistent Skeptic?”

11h00 - Baron Reed (Northwestern University): “Doubt, Wonder, Wisdom.”

12h15 - Lunch Break

14h45 - Hilan Bensusan (UnB): “Heraclitus Meeting Aenesidemus Centuries later: The Ontology of Doubts and the Ontological Ground of Scepticism.”

16h00 - Federico Penelas (UBA): TBA.

Issue 3/2 of IJSS

The latest issue of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now available here.

New Volume on Disagreement

As you may remember, a couple of months ago Routledge published the collection Disagreement and Skepticism. Now the volume The Epistemology of Disagreement: New Essays, edited by David Christensen and Jennifer Lackey, has come out with OUP. More information can be found here or here.

Pyrrhonian Inquiry

I recently got a copy of Marta Anna Włodarczyk's Pyrrhonian Inquiry (The Cambridge Philological  Society, Suppl. Vol. 25, 2000). I haven't read it yet, but I'm sure it will be of interest to those working on the question whether the Pyrrhonist does, or can, claim to search for truth.

Book Symposium

The latest issue of the Israeli journal Philosophia includes a book symposium on Annalisa Coliva's Moore and Wittgenstein: Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense (Palgrave, 2010). It can be found here. (Most of the contributions can be accessed for free.)

Conference on Neo-Pyrrhonism

On May 22-24, the Universidade Federal do Paraná, in Curitiba (Brazil), will hold the conference "Neo-Pyrrhonism, Ancient and Modern." You can find more information by clicking on the image below. I will post the program in due course.

Epistemology of Atheism

On June 26-28, the Université de Lorraine (France) will hold a conference on the Epistemology of Atheism. Among the speakers will be John Greco and John Schellenberg. For complete information, go here.

Skepticism in 18th Century Germany

John Christian Laursen (Riverside) recently published "Escepticismo inofensivo en la Alemania ilustrada," in Ámbitos 28 (2012): 21-28. The journal doesn't seem to have a website where papers can be downloaded.

Academics vs. Pyrrhonists

Brazilian scholars and students in particular will be interested in this new book by Roberto Bolzani Filho (São Paulo): Acadêmicos versus Pirrônicos (Alameda, 2013). More information can be found here.

The Apraxia Objection in Cicero

The latest issue of Ancient Philosophy (32/2, 2012) contains Suzanne Obdrzalek's "From Skepticism to Paralysis: The Apraxia Argument in Cicero’s Academica". It can be found here.

Issue 3/1 of IJSS

The latest issue of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now out. The papers can be accessed on Brill Online.

IJSS on PhilPapers

The International Journal for the Study of Skepticism is now on PhilPapers. References to all published and forthcoming papers will be added soon.

Sextus on Daphnet

A preliminary version of the Greek text of all of Sextus's extant writings is available for free on Daphnet (Digital Archives of Philosophical Texts on the NET). Just click here. (Thanks to Emidio Spinelli for the info.)