Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon

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Manzo, Silvia Alejandra; Plínio Junqueira Smith; Sébastien Charles
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2016
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The first part of this paper will provide a reconstruction of Francis Bacon’s interpretation of Academic scepticism, Pyrrhonism, and Dogmatism, and its sources throughout his large corpus. It shall also analyze Bacon’s approach against the background of his intellectual milieu, looking particularly at Renaissance readings of scepticism as developed by Guillaume Salluste du Bartas, Pierre de la Primaudaye, Fulke Greville, and John Davies. It shall show that although Bacon made more references to Academic than to Pyrrhonian Scepticism, like most of his contemporaries, he often misrepresented and mixed the doctrinal components of both currents. The second part of the paper shall offer a complete chronological survey of Bacon’s assessment of scepticism throughout his writings. Following the lead of previous studies by other scholars, I shall support the view that, while he approved of the state of doubt and the suspension of judgment as a provisional necessary stage in the pursuit of knowledge, he rejected the notion of acatalepsia. To this received reading, I shall add the suggestion that Bacon’s criticism of acatalepsia ultimately depends on his view of the historical conditions that surround human nature. I deal with this last point in the third part of the paper, where I shall argue that Bacon’s evaluation of scepticism relied on his adoption of a Protestant and Augustinian view of human nature that informed his overall interpretation of the history of humanity and nature, including the sceptical schools.
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Filosofía
Humanidades
Acatalepsia
Certainty
Dogmatism
Doubt
Fall of Adam
Francis Bacon
Fulke Greville
Gillaume de Salluste du Bartas
John Davies
Pierre de la Primaudaye
Pyrrhonism
Suspension of judgment
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title Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
spellingShingle Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
Manzo, Silvia Alejandra
Filosofía
Humanidades
Acatalepsia
Certainty
Dogmatism
Doubt
Fall of Adam
Francis Bacon
Fulke Greville
Gillaume de Salluste du Bartas
John Davies
Pierre de la Primaudaye
Pyrrhonism
Suspension of judgment
title_short Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
title_full Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
title_fullStr Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
title_full_unstemmed Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
title_sort Reading Scepticism Historically : Scepticism, Acatalepsia and the Fall of Adam in Francis Bacon
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Manzo, Silvia Alejandra
Plínio Junqueira Smith
Sébastien Charles
author Manzo, Silvia Alejandra
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Plínio Junqueira Smith
Sébastien Charles
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Sébastien Charles
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofía
Humanidades
Acatalepsia
Certainty
Dogmatism
Doubt
Fall of Adam
Francis Bacon
Fulke Greville
Gillaume de Salluste du Bartas
John Davies
Pierre de la Primaudaye
Pyrrhonism
Suspension of judgment
topic Filosofía
Humanidades
Acatalepsia
Certainty
Dogmatism
Doubt
Fall of Adam
Francis Bacon
Fulke Greville
Gillaume de Salluste du Bartas
John Davies
Pierre de la Primaudaye
Pyrrhonism
Suspension of judgment
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The first part of this paper will provide a reconstruction of Francis Bacon’s interpretation of Academic scepticism, Pyrrhonism, and Dogmatism, and its sources throughout his large corpus. It shall also analyze Bacon’s approach against the background of his intellectual milieu, looking particularly at Renaissance readings of scepticism as developed by Guillaume Salluste du Bartas, Pierre de la Primaudaye, Fulke Greville, and John Davies. It shall show that although Bacon made more references to Academic than to Pyrrhonian Scepticism, like most of his contemporaries, he often misrepresented and mixed the doctrinal components of both currents. The second part of the paper shall offer a complete chronological survey of Bacon’s assessment of scepticism throughout his writings. Following the lead of previous studies by other scholars, I shall support the view that, while he approved of the state of doubt and the suspension of judgment as a provisional necessary stage in the pursuit of knowledge, he rejected the notion of acatalepsia. To this received reading, I shall add the suggestion that Bacon’s criticism of acatalepsia ultimately depends on his view of the historical conditions that surround human nature. I deal with this last point in the third part of the paper, where I shall argue that Bacon’s evaluation of scepticism relied on his adoption of a Protestant and Augustinian view of human nature that informed his overall interpretation of the history of humanity and nature, including the sceptical schools.
Instituto de Investigaciones en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
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