Research on Scepticism in Brazilian Philosophy

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https://doi.org/10.31649/sent42.01.147

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Neo-Pyrrhonism, Oswaldo Porchat, Ezequiel de Olaso

Abstract

Olexandr Lukovyna’s interview with Professor Plínio Junqueira Smith is devoted to skeptic research in Brazilian philosophy, the beginning of skeptic studies in Brazil, Oswaldo Porchat’s and Ezequiel de Olaso’s roles in establishing the tradition of skeptic studies, contemporary studies in skepticism, and the global state of affairs in skeptic research.

Author Biographies

Plínio Junqueira Smith, Federal University of São Paulo

PhD, associate professor

Oleksandr Lukovyna, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

undergraduate student, Faculty of Philosophy

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Smith, P. J., & Lukovyna, O. (2023). Research on Scepticism in Brazilian Philosophy. Sententiae, 42(1), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.31649/sent42.01.147

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