Home›Open Questions›Can a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Act Without Belief?Open QuestionsCan a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Act Without Belief?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPhilosophy Atlas. "Can a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Act Without Belief?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/can-a-pyrrhonian-skeptic-act-without-belief.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPhilosophy Atlas. (n.d.). Can a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Act Without Belief?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/can-a-pyrrhonian-skeptic-act-without-beliefCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{philosophyatlas-can-a-pyrrhonian-skeptic-act-without-bel, author = {Philosophy Atlas}, title = {Can a Pyrrhonian Skeptic Act Without Belief?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-philosophy.interactiveatlas.org/open-questions-index/can-a-pyrrhonian-skeptic-act-without-belief}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionCritics ancient and modern have charged that suspending judgment on all matters makes purposeful action impossible; Sextus Empiricus answered that skeptics act by following appearances, but scholars remain divided on whether that answer itself smuggles in belief, and interpretation of Sextus's own position is, in the Stanford Encyclopedia's own words, quite controversial.What would resolve this A consensus reading of Sextus Empiricus's account of following appearances that scholars agree either does or does not amount to holding beliefs, which decades of interpretive work have not settled.OpenEpistemologyAncient Skepticism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnPyrrhonism, Schools of Philosophy Well-attested Source Ancient Skepticism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)SourcesAncient Skepticism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year