scepticism

A Proof of the External World

Scepticism as a philosophical viewpoint probably emerged around the third century BCE with Pyrrho of Elias (c. 360–c. 270 BCE). Pyrrho (and his followers, the Pryrrhonists) maintained that we had no method for distinguishing between truth and falsehood that we could independently demonstrate to actually work: to know that you have such a method presupposes that you Read more…