IS SEXTUS EMPIRICUS’ EPİSTEMELOGICAL STRUGGLE AGAİNST DOGMATISM DEFENSIBLE?
Abstract
Sextus Empiricus, a follower of Pyrrhon, has argued that there are two types of philosophy, dogmatism and skepticism, and has conducted a general investigation on skepticism which is positioned as opposed to dogmatism. The main concern of his investigation is to reveal skepticism in every aspect and separate it from dogmatic philosophies, because dogmatism is the pseudo-philosophy that is said to be a philosophy while skepticism is a real philosophy. Sextus is in a skeptical struggle with such supposed philosophies. In this study, Sextus' skeptical arguments against dogmatism will be discussed and the epistemological foundations of the arguments he put forward during his struggle with dogmatism will be revealed. These are equipollence (isostheneia), suspension of judgment (epokhê), and tranquillity (ataraxia). After examining skepticism's attack on dogmatism with this epistemological foundations within the framework of the reality-appearance problem and the criteria problem, it will be argued that this attack has untenable sides.
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Yayımlanma Tarihi
16 Mayıs 2020
Gönderilme Tarihi
5 Şubat 2020
Kabul Tarihi
29 Nisan 2020
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Yıl 1970 Sayı: 29