.... Equally importantly, we also seek to explain how this sort of defeat is possible by showing how direct reasons for suspension of judgment flow from the functional profile of suspension of judgment. As a result, our framework is embedded within an account of the nature of suspension of judgment that shows...

... logical empiricism Popper Karl Wittgenstein Ludwig belief suspension of belief suspension of judgment agnosticism epistemic stances voluntarism Pyrrhonian skepticism Academic skepticism Once I was invited to give a talk at a conference in honor of A. N. Eminent Philosopher. Since I think very...

... arguments against the possibility of justifying beliefs or claims to knowledge, and adhere to the practices of ordinary life. All three elements can be found in the books of Sextus Empiricus. ² Suspension of judgment is the characteristic attitude of the ancient skeptics. The Modes of Agrippa...

... Castañeda H N Frege’s Puzzle guise Kripke’s puzzle Nathan Salmón Sean Crawford suspension of judgment withheld belief Six years after his landmark Princeton lectures on “Naming and Necessity”, Saul Kripke filled a much needed-to-be-filled gap with his landmark 1976 lecture on “A Puzzle about Belief...

... of the book. The central idea of the book is that discussions about what to believe tend to have a negative bias: a bias against belief, and in favour of suspension of judgment. It’s widely recognized that it’s important not to have bad beliefs—beliefs that are not well-supported by evidence, for example...

..., ¬p to precise degrees of belief for p, ¬p that ought to obey the standard axioms of the probability calculus—cannot succeed. By focusing on suspension of judgment (agnosticism) rather than belief, we can see why the Straightforward Reduction is bound to fail. It is argued that, in general, suspending...

..., but only to suspend judgment about evaluative matters. Sextus Empiricus Diogenes Laertius Pyrrhonism Sextus Empiricus disturbance undisturbedness suspension of judgment evaluative beliefs non-evaluative beliefs conflicting appearances In his account of Pyrrhonism, Sextus Empiricus talks about...

... impression phantasia katalêptikê epistemology katalêpsis Pyrrhonism Speusippus apraxia argument Carneades Philo of Larissa Pyrrhonian Discourses Aenesidemus suspension of judgment epochê Sextus Empiricus appearance phantasia equipollence logos principles criterion of truth modes of Pyrrhonism...

... thought, i.e., the suspension of judgment, which, in their opinion, can be traced back to the Presocratics. Quite paradoxically, however, in both cases the discussion of the Presocratic doctrines is conditioned by prejudice, misapprehension and deliberate misrepresentation. Provided that their Roman...

...This chapter assesses the relations between Greco-Roman philosophical skepticism, centered on the attitude of suspension of judgment, and the Second Sophistic. It begins with Favorinus, who identified as an Academic skeptic, and whose rhetorical activity is recognizably related to the practice...

... option. Arcesilaus either did or did not have philosophical views. If he did, as the dogmatic interpretation claims, then he is inconsistent and there is no clear way to rescue him from this inconsistency. If Arcesilaus did not have philosophical views, then the practice of universal suspension...

... of suspension of judgment, by relating it to degrees of confidence and to inquiry. Part iii develops a substantially improved telic virtue epistemology by appeal to default assumptions important in domains of human performance generally, and in our intellectual lives as a special case...

... Juan Turri John Harman Gilbert intention Kavka Gregory Bratman Michael questions deliberation Reasons contrastivism evidence suspension of judgment rationality In the first four chapters of this book, I developed and defended contrastivism about reasons. My goal now is to show...

.... Explaining these harms, and pointing to strategies for improving things, are the central projects of this book. Belief, Disbelief, and Suspension of Judgment Suppose one is interested in the question of whether P. The variable P here can stand for any claim; for concreteness, you might consider this one: P...