Question
Answer the following about the skepticism of Sextus Empiricus, for 10 points each.
[10m] Sextus argues that ataraxia (“at-uh-RACK-see-uh”) can be attained by this process of suspending judgment. Edmund Husserl resurrected this Greek word to refer to a process of phenomenological “bracketing.”
ANSWER: epoché (“eh-po-KAY”)
[10e] Sextus uses the sentence “I think I am not heated” in discussing the question of whether skeptics have these attitudes. A three-pronged definition in Plato’s Theaetetus (“thee-uh-TEE-tus”) defines knowledge as a type of this attitude.
ANSWER: beliefs [accept justified true belief]
[10h] According to Sextus, skeptics can have beliefs that are based on “appearances” or “impressions,” which Pyrrhonists (“PEER-oh-nists”) and Epicureans described using this Greek word. In the singular, this word can also refer to the faculty that produces such impressions.
ANSWER: phantasiai [or phantasia]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Chicago A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |