Adversus Physicos

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Adversus Physicos is a work by the ancient skeptic philosopher Sextus Empiricus that critically examines and challenges the claims of natural philosophers about the physical world.

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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
skeptical treatise ⓘ
aim to suspend judgment about claims concerning the physical world ⓘ
approximateDate 2nd century CE ⓘ
associatedWork Adversus Mathematicos ⓘ
Outlines of Pyrrhonism ⓘ
author Sextus Empiricus ⓘ
centralConcept equipollence of arguments about nature ⓘ
unreliability of theoretical explanations of the physical world ⓘ
critiques Epicurean physics ⓘ
Peripatetic physics ⓘ
Stoic physics ⓘ
dogmatic natural philosophers ⓘ
genre critical commentary on natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophical polemic ⓘ
historicalPeriod Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
influenced David Hume ⓘ
early modern philosophy of science ⓘ
later skeptical philosophy ⓘ
modern interpretations of Pyrrhonism ⓘ
method setting arguments in opposition ⓘ
skeptical argumentation ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
philosophicalGoal ataraxia regarding beliefs about nature ⓘ
philosophicalSchool ancient skepticism ⓘ
philosophicalTheme critique of causal explanation ⓘ
critique of cosmology ⓘ
critique of theories of cause ⓘ
critique of theories of elements ⓘ
critique of theories of motion ⓘ
critique of theories of place ⓘ
critique of theories of time ⓘ
limits of human knowledge of nature ⓘ
suspension of judgment (epochē) ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Pyrrhonism ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
region Roman Empire ⓘ
studiedIn classics ⓘ
history of philosophy ⓘ
history of science ⓘ
subject epistemology ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
physics in ancient philosophy ⓘ
skepticism about nature ⓘ
titleInLatin Adversus Physicos ⓘ

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Sextus Empiricus → hasWorkPart → Adversus Physicos ⓘ
Against the Physicists → alsoKnownAs → Adversus Physicos ⓘ
Adversus Logicos → relatedWork → Adversus Physicos ⓘ
Adversus Physicos → titleInLatin → Adversus Physicos ⓘ
Adversus Grammaticos → relatedWork → Adversus Physicos ⓘ