Sextus Empiricus

863 citations
16 papers · 156 indexed · h-index 6

Impact in

  • Philosophy top 5%
    • Classical Philosophy and Thought
    • Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
    • Philosophical Ethics and Theory
    • Historical Philosophy and Science
    • Philosophy and History of Science

Papers in

Sextus Empiricus

13 papers receiving 114 citations

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Sextus Empiricus
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  • Philosophy 98
  • History and Philosophy of Science 33
  • Anthropology 31
  • Religious studies 9
  • Archeology 18
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Co-authors

The 11 scholars most cited alongside Sextus Empiricus, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
#Work
1
How to Keep an Open Mind: An Ancient Guide to Thinking Like a Skeptic
20211
2
Contre les professeurs
20023
3 199911
4 19991
5
Against the grammarians (Adversus mathematicos I)
19983
6 19982
7
Against the ethicists : Adversus mathematicos XI
19970
8
Sextus Empiricus: Against the Ethicists:
199712
9
The Skeptic Way: Sextus Empiricus's Outlines of Pyrrhonism
199625
10
Contro gli etici
19951
11
Outlines of scepticism
199469
12 19870
13
Selections From the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man, & God
198512
14
Sextus Empiricus' sceptical methods
19725
15
Grundriss der pyrrhonischen Skepsis
19690
16
Sexti Empirici opera
196211

About Sextus Empiricus

Sextus Empiricus is a scholar working on Philosophy, History and Philosophy of Science, Sociology and Political Science, Education and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 16 papers that have together received 156 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Classical Philosophy and Thought (5 papers), Historical and Linguistic Studies (1 paper), Augustinian Studies and Theology (1 paper), Education, sociology, and vocational training (1 paper), Educational and Social Studies (1 paper), Philosophy, Science, and History (1 paper), Philosophy and History of Science (1 paper) and Quantum Mechanics and Applications (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Philosophy (98 citations), History and Philosophy of Science (33 citations), Anthropology (31 citations), Religious studies (9 citations) and Archeology (18 citations). Frequent co-authors include Julia Annas, Jonathan Barnes, Benson Mates, David Blank, Richard Bett, Philip P. Hallie, Donald Morrison, Pierre Pellegrin, Lewis Rowell and James Allen. Their work appears in journals such as The Philosophical Review, Journal of Music Theory, The Classical World, Suhrkamp eBooks and Oxford University Press eBooks.

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