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urbane scepticism

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1 Lecture 04: Urbane Skepticism: Mill and Arnold This second and final lecture on urbane scepticism deals with the work of the Utilitarian John Stuart Mill and the English poet Matthew Arnold. Timothy McGrew 29 Jun 2017
2 Lecture 03: Urbane Skepticism: Gibbon vs. Watson Urbane scepticism, an extension of English Deism, is presented in this lecture mostly through the lens of Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, with a response by Bishop Richard Watson. Timothy McGrew 29 Jun 2017
3 Lecture 01: Introduction and Course Overview This lecture introduces the course and the seven sceptical challenges of the period: continental, urbane, populist, scholarly, transcendental, establishment, and Dutch and German. Timothy McGrew 29 Jun 2017