Figs in Winter
Nov 20, 2021

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Steven,

but there is an important difference between Pyrrhonian and Academic Skepticism. The first do what you say, simply suspend judgment. The second ones, especially Carneades and Cicero, go a bit further by assigning probabilities to claim. In that case, to demolish a claim means to show that it has exceedingly low probability. Like Cicero masterfully does in On Divination.

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Figs in Winter
Figs in Winter

Written by Figs in Winter

by Massimo Pigliucci, a scientist, philosopher, and Professor at the City College of New York. Exploring and practicing Stoicism & other philosophies of life.

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