Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 43 No. 1, 2023.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.21464/fi43107
Epicurean and Skeptical Argumentative Strategies. On Their Developments and Mutual Influence
Jelena Pavličić
orcid.org/0000-0002-5572-3826
; Univerzitet u Beogradu, Filozofski fakultet, Čika-Ljubina 18–20, RS–11000 Beograd
Ivan Nišavić
orcid.org/0000-0001-7327-2718
; Univerzitet u Beogradu, Institut za filozofiju i društvenu teoriju, Kraljice Natalije 45, RS–11000 Beograd
Abstract
This paper outlines the key points of the debate concerning theoretical perspectives on knowledge which had unfolded in the time of the most prominent epicurean and skeptical thinkers. The research begins with a few historical indications about Epicurusʼ contribution to the establishment of the aforementioned disputes and his motivation to assign crucial importance to the problem of the criteria of knowledge. At the same time, to some extent, it will become clear how a rival, skeptical school of thought developed under the influence of that teaching. The intention is not to depict these two philosophical approaches in full, nor to capture their main features, but to offer some insight into specific areas of their mutual influence that have contributed to their unexpected convergence. As a result, we will see that, although quite diverse, these two Hellenistic positions reflect certain similarities, above all when it comes to the understanding of the nature and goal of philosophical research, the illustration of a happy life, as well as the answer to the question of what criteria we should follow in order to lead such a life.
Keywords
Hellenistic philosophy; criterion of truth; epicureans; skeptics; perception; Epicurus; Pyrrho
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Publication date:
7.5.2023.
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