Augustine and academic skepticism : a philosophical study - Dutton, Blake D., 1962- (Ithaca ; London : Cornell University Press, 2016)
Augustine and the academics -- Discrediting academic skepticism as a philosophical practice -- Socrates, the academics and the good life -- Happiness, wisdom, and the insufficiency of inquiry -- The inaction objection -- Inquiry and belief on authority -- The error of the academics -- Vindicating the possibility of knowledge -- The academic denial of the possibility of knowledge -- The apprehensible truths of philosophy -- Platonism and the apprehensible truths of philosophy -- Defense of the senses -- First person truths.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index.
Keywords: Augustinus, Aurelius -- Philosophy; Augustinus, Aurelius; Skepticism; filosofia; skeptisismi; tietoteoria; Philosophy; Skepticism