Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Pyrrho, Pindar and Protagoras
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21 ideas
13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / a. Justification issues
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6595
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If we need a criterion of truth, we need to know whether it is the correct criterion [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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6593
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The Pyrrhonians attacked the dogmas of professors, not ordinary people [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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1545
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Protagoras was the first to claim that there are two contradictory arguments about everything [Protagoras, by Diog. Laertius]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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6592
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Academics said that Pyrrhonians were guilty of 'negative dogmatism' [Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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1808
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Perception of things depends on their size or quantity (Mode 8) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1802
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Individuals vary in responses and feelings (Mode 2) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1807
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Perception varies with viewing distance and angle (Mode 7) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1801
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Animals vary in their feelings and judgements (Mode 1) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1547
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Man is the measure of all things - of things that are, and of things that are not [Protagoras]
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1805
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Judgements vary according to local culture and law (Mode 5) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1809
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Perception is affected by expectations (Mode 9) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1803
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Objects vary according to which sense perceives them (Mode 3) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1806
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Perception of objects depends on surrounding conditions (Mode 6) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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3305
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There is no more purely metaphysical doctrine than Protagorean relativism [Benardete,JA on Protagoras]
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1804
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Perception varies with madness or disease (Mode 4) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1810
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Perception and judgement depend on comparison (Mode 10) [Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism
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3313
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If my hot wind is your cold wind, then wind is neither hot nor cold, and so not as cold as itself [Benardete,JA on Protagoras]
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3317
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You can only state the problem of the relative warmth of an object by agreeing on the underlying object [Benardete,JA on Protagoras]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique
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247
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God is "the measure of all things", more than any man [Plato on Protagoras]
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606
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Protagoras absurdly thought that the knowing or perceiving man is 'the measure of all things' [Aristotle on Protagoras]
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612
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Relativists think if you poke your eye and see double, there must be two things [Aristotle on Protagoras]
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