Skepticism as Vice and Virtue

International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 9 (3):238-260 (2019)
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I articulate and defend a conception of skepticism inspired by Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean. On it, skepticism is vicious when deficient and when excessive. Virtuous skepticism lies as a mean between these two extremes.

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10.1163/22105700-20191359

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