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Ataraxia or Bust!

Doug Bates

Articles about the intersection of ancient Greek philosophy and Buddhism; and in particular, the philosophy that resulted from that intersection: Pyrrhonism.

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A Stoic and a Pyrrhonist Umpire a Game

The part about Pyrrhonism that people are most likely to report not understanding is what is meant by “evident” and “non-evident.” Just recently, two readers of my book, Pyrrho’s Way, have published their concerns about the distinction.

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How to Be a Crappy Skeptic

Massimo Pigliucci’s new book, How to Be a (Happy) Skeptic, has drawn attention to a neglected school of ancient Greek philosophy - “neglected” in the sense that while there have been conspicuous contemporary efforts to revive the philosophi...

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Sing to Me, Muse, of the Polytropos Philosophy

The ancient doxographers of Pyrrhonism made a startling claim: the first philosophical skeptic wasn’t Pyrrho. He wasn’t even a philosopher. He was the poet Homer. The rationale that Diogenes Laertius gives for this is that for the same ques...

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Wikipedia and the Neutering of Points of View

Wikipedia is operating on two ideals that cannot both be satisfied: neutrality and reliability. Last week, the incompatibility of these two ideals became headline news as Wikipedia’s co-founder, , announced that he had been banned from Wiki...

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Why Moral Anti-Realism Is Hard for Moral Realists to Understand

While it seems that moral anti-realists typically have no difficulty understanding moral realism, my observation is that the reverse is not true. Moral realists often not only fail to understand moral anti-realist positions, such as the Pyr...

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  • Doug Bates

    I am the author of "Pyrrho's Way: the Ancient Greek Version of Buddhism." I write two Substacks. "Ataraxia or Bust!" is about the intersection of Greek philosophy and Buddhism. "Nottingham Blog" is about Nottingham, NH government.

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