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    It is not the case that Suspension of judgment (epochê) is the best way to avoid overhasty commitment to opinions

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Epochê itself constitutes a judgment about the epistemic status of appearances, making universal suspension self-undermining.
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    • 2.If one suspends judgment about whether appearances are deceitful, one equally suspends the premise that motivates epochê itself.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Aristotle argued that deliberate action requires prior commitments to normative truths, making total epochê practically paralyzing.
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    • 2.A life of complete suspension is not a human life but an existence without agency, as the Stoics charged the Academics with advocating apraxia.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Opinions are based on appearances
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    • 2.Appearances can be deceitful
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