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neoplatonist
follow plato in a new modified way
skepticicms
claim that we human beings do not know anything
socrates wisdom
humble recognition of own ignorance, knowing you do not know anything
stoicism
empiricists, knowledge comes from observation of the world. Five senses are the criteria of truth
what are the skeptical strategies
external impressions
-dream hypothesis
-innatism
external impressions
oar is either bent of straight, tower is still or is it moving (like five seneses)
dream hypothesisi
maybe youre asleep
insanity hypothesisi
I am mad or sane
innatism
internal impressions (augustine)
what could Augustine’s argument be seen as
constructive dilemma
divine illumination
when you learn anything divine light shows its true