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Scepticism

In Our Time: Philosophy

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How Confident Can We Be in Our Own Beliefs?

Peter millican: Why do you think sceptical thought had such an appeal to humanist scholars? Erasmus has been mentionedyet. He wanted to show always that for every argument there is a counter argument of equal force. That was the kind of central idea, and the various arguments are all to show you that. And if you then see that for every dogmatic argument there's an equally powerful and valid counter argument, you will suspend judgment because you can't make a decision.

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