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Single Idea 1801
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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Full Idea
First mode: animals vary in their feelings and judgements (of food, for example).
Gist of Idea
Animals vary in their feelings and judgements (Mode 1)
Source
report of Pyrrho (reports [c.325 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.Py.9
Book Ref
Diogenes Laertius: 'Diogenes Laertius', ed/tr. Yonge,C.D. [Henry G. Bohn 1853], p.409
The
17 ideas
from 'reports'
1798
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He studied philosophy by suspending his judgement on everything
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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1800
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Sceptics say reason is only an instrument, because reason can only be attacked with reason
[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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1810
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Perception and judgement depend on comparison (Mode 10)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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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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1808
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Perception of things depends on their size or quantity (Mode 8)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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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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1806
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Perception of objects depends on surrounding conditions (Mode 6)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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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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1803
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Objects vary according to which sense perceives them (Mode 3)
[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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6593
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The Pyrrhonians attacked the dogmas of professors, not ordinary people
[Pyrrho, by Fogelin]
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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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1801
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Animals vary in their feelings and judgements (Mode 1)
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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3062
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There are no causes, because they are relative, and alike things can't cause one another
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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3063
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Motion can't move where it is, and can't move where it isn't, so it can't exist
[Pyrrho, by Diog. Laertius]
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