Philosophy 1300E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sextus Empiricus, Arcesilaus, Pyrrho
1 Oct 2018
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Sceptical regarding a system of propositions or sceptical tout court (regarding every proposition) From the modern meanings back to the greek (of the term sceptical) Why not plato, aristotle, the epicureans and the stoics (dogmatists) : a: no, the sceptics = investigators or "those who suspend" Two main varieties of (ancient) skeptics in the same boat: epicurus, epictetus, academic sceptics: arcesilaus and carneades, philosophers who wear the heads of plato"s academy. Lack of disturbance (a curse!) or tranquility: aenesidemus from the academy to pyrrho, pyrrho. Sceptics against stoics (and epicureans: the basis of knowledge (empirisitic materialist character: stoics and epicureans): sense i(cid:373)pressio(cid:374) . Sceptic (academic) attack: against the possibility of there being any sense-perceptions which we could not be mistaken about: result: suspension of judgement about everything (arcesilaus" innovation) From the skeptics is the philosophical definition of skeptical and their difference from the dogmatists, also the two lines of skepticism: dogmatists - plato, aristotle, epicureans, stoics.
