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Adversus mathematicos

work by Sextus Empiricus

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theories of skepticism

  • Socrates
    In skepticism: Ancient skepticism

    …his Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Adversus mathematicos, Sextus presented the tropes developed by previous Pyrrhonists. The 10 tropes attributed to Aenesidemus showed the difficulties encountered by attempts to ascertain the truth or reliability of judgments based on sense information, owing to the variability and differences of human and animal perceptions.…

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