Carneades

Later ancient writers speak of Carneades as founding the third or New Academy, which followed the second or Middle Academy of Arcesilaus and the first or Old Academy of Plato and his successors before Arcesilaus.

Carneades Allen, James 2004

It can be traced back to the Academic skeptic Carneades, 2nd century B.C., whom Sextus Empiricus (Adversos Mathematicos, vii, 168) reports as having taught that a presentation “is true when it is in accord (symphonos) with the object presented, and false when it is in discord with it”.

The Correspondence Theory of Truth David, Marian 2009

Despite Carneades 'arguments against all criteria of knowledge,

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Taken in this context, the parenthetical comment can be interpreted as the claim that Clitomachus did not understand what Carneades held in this regard, not as the claim that Carneades never commits himself to any point of view.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

The followers of Clitomachus and Carneades, as well as other Academics, have asserted that it cannot be apprehended.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

This acceptance implies a fallibilistic conception of belief that emphasizes its qualified and subjective nature (in a similar vein, Bett recognizes a Carneadean "approval" which he distinguishes from the "assent" that Carneades rejects).

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

In the Academica 2.78, Cicero reports that Philo (of Larissa, Cicero's Academic teacher) and Metrodorus (a pupil of Carneades) ascribe to Carneades a skepticism which holds that the sage cannot apprehend anything (grasp it as true) but may accept an opinion nonetheless.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

In “Against the Logicians,” Sextus discusses Carneades 'views in the context of his attack on the Stoic theory of cataleptic impressions.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

According to Sextus 'account of Carneades' views, Carneades added further sophistication to his criterion of choice by holding that different levels of plausibility are appropriate in different kinds of circumstances.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

This account of Academic skepticism maintains that Arcesilaus and Carneades only constructed arguments against others points of view, and did not endorse skeptical doctrines or the positive philosophies which Sextus (a rival skeptic) attributes to them.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008