Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonian Skepticism in an age of Social Media
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ย. 2024
- This is an intro into Pyrrhonian skepticism and its main expositor Sextus Empiricus. This type of skepticism advocates that we refrain from forming strong beliefs - that we maintain uncertainty - by always seeking opposing arguments. Is this good advice for the age of social media?
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can you tell which all buddhist concept this is related to
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It seems to me like skeptics hold as many beliefs with the same degree of confidence, and just are less attached to them. If so, it's a psychological trait and has nothing to do with belief, epistemology or philosophy for that matter. Am I getting it wrong?
There is definitely merit to that second part, that when we get down to it, skepticism is probably more about disposition than anything. But I would suggest that even if one doesn't have this naturally (Pyrhonnian) skeptical disposition, you can still do things consciously to cultivate skepticism: like noticing when you are certain of a belief and seeking out the best representatives of other positions, or remembering all those times before when you were certain and now realize your certainty was wrong. But yeah, in order to do any of this, you have to want to occupy that skeptical space, and that may be as much about disposition as anything.
I'm not sure what it can mean to "hold as many beliefs with the same degree of confidence." Take two conflicting stances: say, pro-life and pro-choice. Being confident in one means and must come with a lack of confidence in the other. So, I can't be confident in both positions because that just isn't what it means to be confident: that would be ambivalence.