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HoP 414 - Henrik Lagerlund on Renaissance Skepticism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Skepticism in the 16th Century

Skepticism in this period is a response to what was going on politically, like the reformation and wars of religion. An aspect that is very much used here is the idea that's present in sex does that sense the skeptic doesn't really hold any beliefs or sort of suspense belief. So just as I might as a skeptic without having any beliefs about how digestion works, I still eat when I'm hungry because I kind of follow my own. You follow this appearance as they say.

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