In ordinary usage, skepticism or scepticism (Greek: skeptomai, to look about, to consider) refers to
In philosophy, skepticism refers more specifically to any one of several propositions. These include propositions about
In classical philosophy, skepticism refers to the teachings and the traits of the Skeptikoi, a school of philosophers of whom it was said that they "asserted nothing but only opined" (Liddell and Scott). In this sense, philosophical skepticism, or pyrrhonism, is the philosophical position that one should avoid the postulation of final truths. Turned on itself, skepticism would deny that it is infallibly certain that skepticism is the only basic perspective.
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Ancient Greek Skepticism - An article on skepticism in Ancient Greece from the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by Harald Thorsrud of Temple University.
Ancient Scepticism and the Contra Academicos of St. Augustine - A paper by Bernard Wills closely examines the logic of Augustine's response to ancient scepticism in his Contra Academicos.
Ancient Skepticism - From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, by Leo Groarke. Article on the two movements in ancient philosophy, Pyrrhonism, and Academic Skepticism.
Aporetic Philosophia - A discussion of the development of Greek skepticism from Pyrrho to Sextus Empiricus. A reference provided by Aporetic World Music.
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Classical Skepticism: Issues and Problems - By Peter Suber of Earlham College
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