As consequências afetivas do ceticismo pirônico

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the emotional or affective consequences of Pyrrhonian skepticism. The Pyrrhonian reflection on emotions is quite limited, occurring largely in relation to the affective states of the one who has suspended judgment on all philosophical questions, the so-called complete skeptic. In this way, ataraxia, the absence of disturbance, receives prominence both because of its reference to affective states and because it is said to be the goal of skepticism. Ataraxia will serve as a basis for thinking about how the skeptic's affective mental life can be, that is, what this absence of disturbance implies for the emotions