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    Pyrrhonian skepticism demonstrates that 'careful inquiry'... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Careful and thoughtful inquiry is necessary in addition to sensory evidence.

    Pyrrhonian skepticism demonstrates that 'careful inquiry' produces equally weighted opposing arguments (isostheneia), yielding suspension of judgment rather than knowledge.

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    • 1.Empirically, rigorous inquiry into metaphysical questions (free will, God, universals) consistently produces sophisticated arguments on opposing sides.
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    • 2.If inquiry produces genuinely equal-strength arguments, rationality forbids adopting either position without begging the question against the other.
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    • 3.Suspension of judgment avoids the dogmatism of asserting knowledge we cannot justify to rational opponents.
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    • 1.Isostheneia requires proving arguments are equal in strength; but the criteria for measuring argumentative strength themselves require justification.
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    • 2.Many inquiries yield decisive resolutions (chemistry, basic mathematics), suggesting careful inquiry can succeed without producing equipoise.
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    • 3.Suspension of judgment itself requires belief in skeptical conclusions, creating self-refuting performative contradiction.
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