Dialectical positions that offer only critique without positive commitments are vulnerable to Agrippa's trilemma: they must either dogmatize, regress, or circularlize their own skeptical standards.
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To assert something as true without proof or justification—just because you say it's true.
Positive commitments(as used in philosophy)
The things you actually stand for or believe in, rather than just arguing against what others believe.
Regress(as used in epistemology and logic)
An infinite chain of reasoning where each explanation requires another explanation, like asking 'why?' infinitely and never reaching a final answer.
skeptical standards(epistemology (the study of knowledge))
Rules or criteria for deciding when we can actually know something versus when we should doubt our knowledge; skeptics typically demand very strong proof before accepting that something is true.