Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Abstract
The Renaissance sceptic and medical doctor Francisco Sanchez has been rather unduly neglected in scholarly work on Renaissance scepticism. In this paper I discuss his scepticism against the background of the ancient distinction between Academic and Pyrrhonian scepticism. I argue that Sanchez was a Pyrrhonist rather than, as has been claimed in recent years, a mitigated Academic sceptic. In keeping with this I shall also try to show that Sanchez was crucially influenced by the ancient medical school of empiricism, a school closely allied with Pyrrhonism.
Identifier
10.1515/AGPH.2007.002
Publisher
De Gruyter
Repository Citation
Caluori, D. (2007). The scepticism of Francisco Sanchez. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 89(1), 30-46. doi:10.1515/AGPH.2007.002
Publication Information
Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie
