Skepticism and truth: essay on the radical universality of a post-skeptical thought

Authors

  • Abrahão Costa Andrade Universidade Federal da Paraíba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2018.v41n3.02.p9

Keywords:

Epoché, Psyche, Physis, Poiesis, Skepticism, Truth, Radical universality

Abstract

Based on a study of the tropes of Aenesidemus discussed by Sextus Empiricus in his
Pyrrhoniae Hypotyposes, we propose a reading which leads us to the need to postulate for contemporary
thought a new universality that is radical and insurmountable. By this means, the philosophical
content and scope of skepticism can be understood in the sense of an encounter – finally – with the
much sought after notion of truth as that which can not be possessed, or whose announced possession
is always the revelation of a one-sidedness. In addition, a place of non-relativistic thought can be
secured against dogmatic intolerance and against dissatisfaction with the conflicts of philosophy.

Author Biography

  • Abrahão Costa Andrade, Universidade Federal da Paraíba

    Pós-doutor em filosofia pela UFSC, doutor com distinção e mestre com louvor em Filosofia pela USP, autor, dentre outros, dos livros RICOEUR E A FORMAÇÃO DO SUJEITO (EdiPUCRS, 2000) e SI MESMO COMO HISTÓRIA (Loyola, 2014), professor associado no Departamento de Filosofia da UFPB, lecionando Ontologia do Ser Social e Filosofia da Literatura.

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Published

2018-10-31 — Updated on 2023-02-14

Issue

Vol. 41 No. 3: July-September/2018

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How to Cite

Skepticism and truth: essay on the radical universality of a post-skeptical thought. (2023). Trans/Form/Ação, 41(3), 9-38. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-3173.2018.v41n3.02.p9