Introduction to Skepticism | Featuring Maxim Vorobyov [S01:E75]
What is skepticism? Why suspend judgment and strive for ataraxia? What sources do we use to judge ancient skepticism? Why should we allow for the fundamental possibility of error in Sextus Empiricus's description of skepticism? What do we know about Arcesilaus and Carneades? Why are modern and contemporary skepticism so different from ancient skepticism that they can be considered distinct schools of philosophy? We discuss this and much more with Maxim Vorobyov.
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Timecodes:
0:00 Skepticism, Search, and Doubt
3:01 What do we know about Sextus Empiricus?
6:41 Why might Sextus have been fundamentally mistaken in his understanding of other philosophers? Types of Sources on Skepticism
8:52 The Problem of the Division into Skeptics, Dogmatists, and Academics
10:25 The Essence of Skepticism, South Park, and the External World
12:35 Arcesilaus, Carneades, and the Fork in the Interpretation of Their Legacy
17:05 Skeptical Ethics, Ataraxia, and Living in Harmony with the World of Givens
20:27 Tropes of Agrippa, Epistemic Regress, and Relativism
25:40 Differences between Descartes' Modern Skepticism and the Skepticism of Antiquity
29:35 Suspension of Judgment in Descartes and the Phenomenological Age of Husserl
32:21 Why is Descartes' Skepticism Unlike the Skepticism of Sextus Empiricus, Arcesilaus, or Carneades?
33:25 Typology of Skepticism
38:37 On Aimless and Merciless Skepticism
39:28 Skepticism as a Mindset and Thesis