Skepticism, Suspension of Judgment, and Norms for Belief

According to Sextus Empiricus, the Skeptic suspends judgment in response to equipollence. This fact has two significant implications. First, the Skeptic has at most indirect control over his suspension of judgment and so does not suspend judgment at will. Second, the skeptic accepts the norm of trut...

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Main Author: Perin, Casey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2015, Volume: 5, Issue: 2, Pages: 107-125
Further subjects:B Pyrrhonian skepticism suspension of judgment norms for belief equipollence reasons for belief doxastic voluntarism
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