Description
About the Author
Katja Maria Vogt is Professor of Philosophy, at Columbia University. She is the author of Law, Reason, and the Cosmic City (OUP, 2007)
Reviews
This is a stimulating book on the history of philosophy * Jan Willelm Wieland, Mind *
No other book on the subject focuses so ably on one issue while demonstrating the extent to which that issue has influenced subsequent history up to the present day. Highly recommended * G.S. Bagwell, Choiche *
This elegantly written book makes a significant contribution to current debates about ancient epistemology, by offering a series of radical new perspectives, both historical and philosophical. It deploys a combination of skills rare among specialists in ancient philosophy. Even at their most speculative, its findings will deserve a serious hearing * David Sedley, University of Cambridge *
This book presents some of the best and most interesting work in the history of philosophy I have encountered in quite a few years. It should have real impact both on thinking about ancient philosophy and on thinking about the options available in contemporary discussions of knowledge and belief * Calvin Normore, UCLA *
This is a very exciting book.... The main ideas, of belief being widely regarded as deficient and of the Stoics and skeptics in this respect standing in the shadow of Plato, are well worth taking on board * Brian Johnson, International Philosophical Quarterly *
You cannot help but admire the lucidity with which the author addresses issues long debated by scholars * Mauro Bonazzi, Elenchos *
Vogt's interpretation of Pyrrhonian skepticism and her interpretation of Sextus' understanding of his philosophical predecessors and contemporaries are nuanced and persuasive * Deborah K. W. Modrak, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *
[Vogt's book] is an excellent and provocative study that offers compelling support for the notion that belief is a risky endeavour and for the sceptical inclination to opt for 'investigative attitudes that fall short of truth-claims' (p.190) ... The central intuition at work throughout is that belief is an inherently deficient doxastic state, one that we should strive to replace with the completely different state of knowledge. This is in marked contrast to a widely held contemporary view that knowledge is a species of belief ... * Harald Thorsrud, Polis *
Book Information
ISBN 9780199916818
Author Katja Maria Vogt
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 437g
Dimensions(mm) 147mm * 213mm * 23mm