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This volume presents essays by leading specialists that explore the history and philosophical significance of this form of Pyrrhonism. The text debates thorny questions concerning ancient Pyrrhonism, explores its influence on certain modern thinkers, and examines it in relation to contemporary analytic philosophy.

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This is the first collection of original essays entirely devoted to a detailed study of the Pyrrhonian tradition. The twelve contributions collected in the present volume combine to offer a historical and systematic analysis of the form of skepticism known as "Pyrrhonism". They discuss whether the Pyrrhonist is an ethically engaged agent, whether he can claim to search for truth, and other thorny questions concerning ancient Pyrrhonism; explore its influence on certain modern thinkers such as Pierre Bayle and David Hume; and examine Pyrrhonian skepticism in relation to contemporary analytic philosophy.

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Preface.- Contributors.- Introduction.- Part I Ancient Pyrrhonism .- 1. How Ethical Can an Ancient Skeptic Be?; Richard Bett.- 2. Two Kinds of Tranquility: Sextus Empiricus on Ataraxia ; Svavar Hrafn Svavarsson.- 3. The Aims of Skeptical Investigation; Katja Maria Vogt.- 4. Pyrrhonism and the Law of Non-Contradiction; Diego E. Machuca.- 5. Epistemic Justification and the Limits of Pyrrhonism; Peter Klein.- Part II Pyrrhonism in Modern Philosophy .- 6. Bacon´s Doctrine of the Idols and Skepticism; Luiz Eva.- 7. Skepticism against Reason in Pierre Bayle´s Theory of Toleration; John Christian Laursen.- 8. Skepticism and the Possibility of Nature; Peter Fosl.- 9. Hume on Skeptical Arguments; Plínio Junqueira Smith.- Part III Pyrrhonism in Contemporary Philosophy .- 10. Wittgensteinian Pyrrhonism; Duncan Pritchard.- 11. Skepticism and Disagreement; Markus Lammenranta.- 12. Can Contemporary Semantics Help the Pyrrhonian Get a Life?; Juan Comesa¤a.- Name Index.- Subject Index.

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Diego E. Machuca (PhD, UBA) is Assistant Researcher in Philosophy at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (Argentina), and co-editor of the International Journal for the Study of Skepticism. He has published articles on ancient skepticism, ethical skepticism, and Descartes in Pacific Philosophy Quarterly, Ancient Philosophy, Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, Philosophy Compass, and elsewhere. He has also edited the volume, New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism (Brill, 2011).

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