Ten Modes of skepticism
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The Ten Modes of skepticism are a set of argumentative strategies in ancient Greek philosophy, attributed to Aenesidemus, that aim to suspend judgment by highlighting the unreliability and relativity of human perception and reasoning.
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16458767 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ten Modes of skepticism Context triple: [Aenesidemus, knownFor, Ten Modes of skepticism]
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Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties
Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties is a collection of influential lectures by philosopher P. F. Strawson that examines the tension between skeptical doubt and a naturalistic understanding of human knowledge and practice.
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Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
"Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye" is a book by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer that explores critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and the debunking of pseudoscience and irrational beliefs.
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Illustrations of the Logic of Science
Illustrations of the Logic of Science is a series of influential essays by Charles Sanders Peirce that helped lay the foundations of modern logic, scientific methodology, and pragmatism.
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Another Knowledge Is Possible
Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
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the paradox of inquiry
The paradox of inquiry is a philosophical problem, discussed in Plato’s Meno, that questions how one can search for knowledge of something completely unknown without already having some prior grasp of it.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ten Modes of skepticism Target entity description: The Ten Modes of skepticism are a set of argumentative strategies in ancient Greek philosophy, attributed to Aenesidemus, that aim to suspend judgment by highlighting the unreliability and relativity of human perception and reasoning.
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A.
Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties
Skepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties is a collection of influential lectures by philosopher P. F. Strawson that examines the tension between skeptical doubt and a naturalistic understanding of human knowledge and practice.
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B.
Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye
"Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye" is a book by science writer and skeptic Michael Shermer that explores critical thinking, scientific skepticism, and the debunking of pseudoscience and irrational beliefs.
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C.
Illustrations of the Logic of Science
Illustrations of the Logic of Science is a series of influential essays by Charles Sanders Peirce that helped lay the foundations of modern logic, scientific methodology, and pragmatism.
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D.
Another Knowledge Is Possible
Another Knowledge Is Possible is a scholarly work by sociologist Boaventura de Sousa Santos that critiques dominant Western epistemologies and advocates for plural, decolonial forms of knowledge.
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E.
the paradox of inquiry
The paradox of inquiry is a philosophical problem, discussed in Plato’s Meno, that questions how one can search for knowledge of something completely unknown without already having some prior grasp of it.
- F. None of above. chosen
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