Sextus Empiricus on the Siren Song of Reason and the Skeptical Defense of Ordinary Life

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Logos and Episteme Pub Date : 2019-04-05 DOI:10.5840/LOGOS-EPISTEME20191012

Harald Thorsrud

引用次数: 1

Abstract

By understanding the sense in which Sextus thinks reason is deceptive we may clarify his attitude towards ordinary life. The deception, like that of the Siren's song, is practical rather than epistemic. It is not a matter of leading us to assent to false or unjustified conclusions but is rather a distraction from, or even corruption of, ordinary life.

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塞克斯图斯·恩披理库论理性的塞壬之歌和对日常生活的怀疑辩护

通过理解塞克斯图斯认为理性具有欺骗性的意义，我们可以澄清他对日常生活的态度。这种欺骗，就像塞壬的歌声一样，是实用的，而不是认知的。它不是引导我们同意错误或不合理的结论的问题，而是对日常生活的干扰，甚至是腐败的问题。

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Logos and Episteme Arts and Humanities-Philosophy

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期刊介绍： the journal publishes articles, reviews or discussion notes focused as well on problems concerning the general theory of knowledge, as on problems specific to the philosophy, methodology and ethics of science, philosophical logic, metaphilosophy, moral epistemology, epistemology of art, epistemology of religion, social or political epistemology, epistemology of communication. Studies in the history of science and of the philosophy of knowledge, or studies in the sociology of knowledge, cognitive psychology, and cognitive science are also welcome.