Against the Logicians

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Against the Logicians is an influential work of ancient Pyrrhonian skepticism by Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges the foundations of logical theory and dogmatic reasoning.

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
skeptical treatise ⓘ
addresses nature of logical consequence ⓘ
status of logical principles as criteria of truth ⓘ
validity of inference ⓘ
aimsAt suspension of judgment ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adversus Logicos ⓘ
Pros Logikous ⓘ
associatedWith Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
author Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
circulatedAs part of the larger work Adversus Mathematicos ⓘ
context Roman Imperial period ⓘ
critiques Aristotelian logic ⓘ
Stoic logic ⓘ
criteria of truth ⓘ
dogmatic epistemology ⓘ
notions of proof ⓘ
focusesOn critique of dogmatic reasoning ⓘ
critique of logical theory ⓘ
genre epistemological treatise ⓘ
philosophical criticism ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn debates about the possibility of certain knowledge ⓘ
interpretations of ancient logic ⓘ
influenced contemporary discussions of skepticism ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
later skeptical philosophy ⓘ
intendedAudience dogmatic philosophers ⓘ
students of philosophy ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTopic dogmatism ⓘ
epistemology ⓘ
logic ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
partOf Adversus Mathematicos ⓘ
philosophicalGoal undermining dogmatic confidence in logic ⓘ
philosophicalMethod argumentative refutation ⓘ
skeptical tropes ⓘ
philosophicalPosition suspension of assent regarding logical principles ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Skepticism ⓘ
preservedIn manuscript tradition of Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
studiedIn ancient philosophy courses ⓘ
history of logic ⓘ
history of skepticism ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd century CE ⓘ
tradition Pyrrhonian skepticism ⓘ
workOf Sextus Empiricus corpus ⓘ
linked to: Sextus Empiricus

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Sextus Empiricus → notableWork → Against the Logicians ⓘ
Against the Physicists → relatedWork → Against the Logicians ⓘ
Against the Ethicists → relatedWork → Against the Logicians ⓘ
Adversus Logicos → alsoKnownAs → Against the Logicians ⓘ