Suspending judgment: epochē
Set against every certainty its opposite; unable to decide, suspend.
The set against every thesis a contrary thesis of equal strength (); unable to decide, they suspended judgment, , and found in that suspense an unexpected tranquility, . This rule takes up their gesture: faced with a certainty sweeping you along, building the opposing case yourself, weighing it, and agreeing not to conclude. Today it defuses the flare-ups and quarrels where one defends an opinion more than one examines it.
Unlock the practices
The step-by-step routine is part of Premium access: a modest contribution that supports and encourages the development of Philoscopia. Everything encyclopedic stays free and open source — this only opens the actionable practices.
Discover Premium accessAlready unlocked on another device? Sign in to restore it.
- Relation to certainty · Skepticism
Source: Ancient skepticism
- Living without certainty — If nothing is certain, can we still act and choose, or does suspending judgment make life impossible: is fallibilism, acting on one's best reasons while staying open to revision, the way out?