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\n&ldquo\;Academic Skepticism: Philosophical Reflections on\nKnowledge and Rhetoric&rdquo\;
\nFor a two-day workshop in the frame of the 13th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European\nIdeas (ISSEI)
\nUniversity of Cyprus\, Nicosia\, 2-6 July 2012
\nThe workshop\nwill be devoted on one day to Ancient Academic Skepticism and on the other day\nto Modern Academic Skepticism
\nPlease submit\nan abstract (one page) by January 1st\, 2012 to:
\nLuiz Eva\n(University federal of Paraná\;\, Brazil)\, in charge of the workshop on Ancient\nAcademic Skepticism
\nEmail:\nluizeva@ufpr.br
\nSé\;bastien\nCharles (Université\; de Sherbrooke\, Canada)\, in charge of the workshop on Modern\nAcademic Skepticism
\nEmail:\nsebastien.charles@usherbrooke.ca
\nSpeakers will\nhave 20 to 30 minutes to present their papers in English or French (exact\nlength to be confirmed\, depending on the number of papers accepted).
\nPresentation of\nthe workshop:
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Many efforts have been devoted to\nthe study of skepticism in the last few decades\, be it in its ancient or modern\nPyrrhonian versions. \; But the same cannot\nbe said about the Academic version of this philosophical orientation\, which\nflourished around a hundred years after Plato&rsquo\;s death\, from the time that\nArcesilas became the head of the Academy. \; Our main extant Pyrrhonian source\, the work of Sextus Empiricus\, has\nbeen largely explored in many dimensions\, going from its powerful and manifold\nargumentation schemes to its fortune. \; In\ncontrast\, Cicero&rsquo\;s dialogues\, which deal with these topics (mainly Academica and De Natura Deorum\, among others) have been usually restrained to a\nliterary interest. \; Philosophically\, he\nwas mostly seen as a less important author\, be it in terms of his philosophical\ndepth\, or of his influence (albeit his work is conversely the main extant\nsource for the study of Academic skepticism). \; Such a view was moreover reinforced by the most important study\nconcerning the modern revival of Academic Skepticism\, Charles Schmitt&rsquo\;s Cicero\nScepticus\, inasmuch it mainly confirms the classical picture offered by\nRichard Popkin\, according to which the rediscovery of Sextus&rsquo\; works in the end\nof the Renaissance was the main cause of the skeptical crisis from which early\nmodern philosophy sprung.
\n\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Only\nmore recently has more philosophical attention been devoted to Cicero&rsquo\;s version\nof skepticism. \; Not only is his impact on\nearly modern philosophy an object of renewed appraisal now\, but also his own\nworks became the source of an autonomous philosophical interest. \; For what concerns the main purpose of this\nworkshop\, it is particularly noteworthy that Cicero&rsquo\;s philosophical reflections\non our epistemological failures appear to stand in close relation to his\nconcerns on rhetoric and to his literary project in the goal of creating a new\nLatin culture. \; At the same time\, his Academica offer a more detailed account of how these skeptical philosophers followed the\n&ldquo\;probabile&rdquo\; as a standard for regulating practical life and for joining in the\nscientific or technical activities of their times. \; In this workshop\, we aim to explore the connections\nbetween these themes in Cicero&rsquo\;s Academic reflections as a crucial element for\nenlightening Ancient Skepticism in a more complete way\, as well as to improve\nour knowledge of how the latter was read by early modern thinkers.
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