Political Science 2237E Chapter Notes -Arcesilaus, Socalled, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
4 May 2013
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That you have no better reason to believe any proposition than its opposite. Perhaps that is due to your own lack of skill. Modes this made it possible for the pyrrhonian sceptic to have a school in which. Universal refuters were trained, much as boxers and wrestlers are. The modes of scepticism seemed to enable the pyrrhonian sceptic to refute all opinions held by anyone, even his own. Without it, refuter might reasonably think that, since he can refute everyone"s opinions except his own, his are right and theirs are wrong; that he is a wise man and they are. With self-refutation, the universal refuter is forced to the view that he has no better idea which opinions are right than anyone else and this self-acknowledged ignorance is what makes him a sceptic. Claiming to know that nothing can be known is dogmatic scepticism ; it is a scepticism that makes an exception for itself.
