The Department of Philosophy & Religion invite UTC Faculty, Staff, Students
and the Public to a free lecture/seminar.

 

"PYRRHONISM AND RELIGION IN SEXTUS AND MONTAIGNE"

 

Presented by Dr. Brian Ribeiro

Monday, November 12, 2007      

3:30 pm in Holt 207                   

 

Both Sextus and Montaigne articulate views about the status religion will
have in the life of a mature Pyrrhonian skeptic.  And while their views
appear to differ, Dr. Ribeiro will argue that Sextus and Montaigne belong to
a unitary Pyrrhonist tradition.  In this tradition, Pyrrhonizing doubt
serves to chart the boundary of that-which-resists-doubt, thereby
simultaneously charting the shape of that complex of nature and custom which
constitutes the bedrock of human life.  Dr. Ribeiro will argue that the
apparent divergence between Sextus and Montaigne over religious matters is
not philosophical in nature, but empirical, having to do with questions of
human psychology or historical circumstance.              


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