This paper argues for the following three claims. First, the Agrippan mode from disagreement does not play a secondary role in inducing suspension of judgment. Second, the Pyrrhonist is not committed to the criteria of ...

This paper offers a detailed examination of the Skeptic´s philosophical investigation and his attitude towards the requirements of rationality. In so doing, it engages with the interpretation advanced by Casey Perin in his ...

This paper argues that Sextus Empiricus’s Pyrrhonism is a form of relativism markedly different from the positions typically referred to by this term. The scholars who have explored the relativistic elements found in ...

My purpose in this paper is to examine whether Pyrrhonian scepticism, as this stance is described in Sextus Empiricus?s extant works, has practical or epistemic value. More precisely, I would like to consider whether the ...

We have aimed to offer a comprehensive picture of both the history of the various skeptical traditions and the contemporary philosophical discussions of skeptical views, problems, and arguments. Consequently,this first ...

This Work Is Divided Into Two Parts. The First Part Is Called History Of Skepticism And Neo-Pyrrhonism And The Second Part Is Called Neo-Pyrrhonic"S Epistemology. The First Part Is Concerned With How Fogelin"S Neo-Pyrrhonism ...

Sextus Empiricus associates the Pyrrhonian stance with the activity of inquiry or investigation. In this paper, I propose to examine the skeptic's involvement in that activity because getting an accurate understanding of ...

The Pyrrhonian skeptic's stance, as described by Sextus Empiricus, is in good part defined by his suspending judgment or belief about all the matters he has so far investigated. Most interpreters of Pyrrhonism maintain ...

This paper assesses both the practical and the epistemic value of Pyrrhonism as this stance is described in Sextus Empiricus’s extant writings. It will first be explored whether the Pyrrhonist’s suspension of judgment and ...

In a recent article, Mario Attie-Picker maintains that a number of experimental studies provide evidence against Sextus Empiricus’s empirical claims about both the connection between belief and anxiety and the connection ...