Single Idea 14879

[catalogued under 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism]

Full Idea

Even skepticism contains a belief: the belief in logic. The most extreme position is hence the abandoning of logic.

Gist of Idea

The most extreme scepticism is when you even give up logic

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Unpublished Notebooks 1872-74 [1873], 29 [008])

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Unpublished of 'Unfashionable Obs' period (v 11)', ed/tr. Gray,Richard T. [Stanford 1995], p.191


A Reaction

Some might say that flirting with non-classical logic (as in Graham Priest) is precisely travelling down this road. You could also be sceptical about meaning in language, so you couldn't articulate your abandonment of logic.