Hume and the modern skepticism

Author(s)

Flávio Miguel de Oliveira Zimmermann

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2010-09-09

Examining board members

Rolf Nelson Kuntz; Sara Albieri; Roberto Bolzani Filho; Luiz Antonio Alves Eva; Lívia Mara Guimarães

• Advisor: Joao Paulo Gomes Monteiro

Abstract

In general, there are two ways to study Humes skepticism: comparing his ideas to Pyrrhonic skeptic, in spite of his disapproval, and comparing him to academic philosophers, following the authors recommendations. However, there is another way to interpret Humes skepticism, namely, evaluating how he differs from Pyrrhonic and academician philosophers. The better approach is to compare Humes skepticism to other skepticss conceptions of Humes age. The main goal of the present thesis is put in evidence these approaches to understanding modern skepticism and, specifically, a way to compare it to Humes skepticism. (AU)