Pyrrhonian

Voltaire's skepticism descended directly from the neo-Pyrrhonian revival of the Renaissance, and owes a debt in particular to Montaigne, whose essays wedded the stance of doubt with the positive construction of a self grounded in philosophical skepticism.

Voltaire Shank, JB 2009

According to Sextus, the merits of the Pyrrhonian way of living include its rejection of the useless speculation which he attributes to dogmatist philosophy.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Later Pyrrhonian modes more clearly isolate the basic epistemological issues which are raised by the traditional ten modes.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Aenesidemus too in the first book of his Pyrrhonian Arguments says that Pyrrho determines nothing dogmatically because of the existence of contradictory arguments, but rather follows appearances.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

For these reasons, the Pyrrhonian skeptic Sextus Empiricus argues that the Stoic sage will never assent to any impression.

Stoicism Baltzly, Dirk 2008

The different sets of Pyrrhonian modes (collected in Annas and Barnes) systematize skeptical arguments against dogmatic philosophical positions, but the Pyrrhonians do not restrict themselves to their formal modes.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Among the ancient Greek philosophers, moral diversity was widely acknowledged, but the more common nonobjectivist reaction was moral skepticism, the view that there is no moral knowledge (the position of the Pyrrhonian skeptic Sextus Empiricus), rather than moral relativism, the view that moral truth or justification is relative to a culture or society.

Moral Relativism Gowans, Chris 2008

Given the practical goals of Pyrrhonism, one might argue that the psychological force of Pyrrhonian arguments was as important as their logical force, for it was designed to constrain a Pyrrhonean's attachment to appearances.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

Timon is his only student of repute and ancient skepticism's next phase is not Pyrrhonian but Academic.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008

One might, for example, easily compare the Pyrrhonian conviction that there are equally convincing arguments for and against any claim to the Protagorean view that one can argue equally convincingly on both sides of any question.

Ancient Skepticism Groarke, Leo 2008