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Series:   Elements in Ancient Philosophy

Suspension of Belief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 April 2024

Daniel Vazquez
Daniel Vazquez
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Mary Immaculate College

Summary

This Element offers a systematic outline of ancient conceptions and uses of suspension of belief (understood broadly) while engaging with contemporary philosophy. It discusses the notion of epochē ('suspension of judgement') and other related terms, like aporia, aphasia, paradox, hypothesis, agnosticism, and Socratic wisdom. It examines the Academic and Pyrrhonian sceptics and some of their arguments and strategies for suspension. It also includes the use and conditions for suspension of belief in other philosophers like Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Plotinus, Protagoras, and Democritus. The Element is divided into four thematic sections, each addressing one of the following questions: What is suspension of belief? When does it arise? What could its scope be? And what are its practical and moral implications?
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suspension of judgementepochēscepticism / skepticismaporiadebate between Stoics and Academic Sceptics
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Series: Elements in Ancient Philosophy
Online ISBN: 9781009028981
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 16 May 2024

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