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Episode 357 — "A Brief Word On Sextus Empiricus And The Goal Of Skepticism"

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2. Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18
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2. Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2
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2. Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3
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2. Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2
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2. Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5
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2. Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7
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2. Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3
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2. Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2
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2. Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3
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2. Episode 332 - EATAQ 14 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses 5
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2. Episode 333 - EATAQ 15 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations And The Anticipations 3
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2. Episode 334 - EATAQ 16 - Further Epicurean Analysis of the Problems With The Stoic "Katalepctic Impression" 15
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2. Episode 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5
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2. Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6
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2. Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1
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2. Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1
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2. Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1
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2. Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3
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2. Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1
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2. Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1
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2. Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1
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2. Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5
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2. Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2
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2. Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2
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2. Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2
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2. Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5
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2. Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2
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2. Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3
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2. Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2
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2. Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4
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2. Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2
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Episode 244 - Cicero's OTNOTG 19 - Zeno's Paradoxes - Profundity Or Gaslighting? 18

Episode 324 - EATAQ 06 - Is Pleasure The Good, Or The Enemy of The Good? 2

Episode 325 - EATAQ 07 - The False Platonic Division of The Universe Into A Force Which Causes And That Which The Force Acts Upon 3

Episode 326 - EATAQ 08 - Who Cares About Infinite Divisibility? And Why? 2

Episode 327 - EATAQ 09 - Intelligent Design vs Emergence 5

Episode 328 - EATAQ 10 - Sensation - While Neither Right or Wrong - As The Touchstone Of Reality 7

Episode 329 - EATAQ 11 - Cracks In The Academy On Ideal Forms And Virtue Lead To The Emergence of Aristotle, The Stoics, And Epicurus 3

Episode 330 - EATAQ 12 - In Contrast With Epicurus, The Stoics Opt For Virtue At Any Cost And Make Controversial Claims About The Senses 2

Episode 331 - EATAQ 13 - The Self-Defeating Paradox of Radical Skepticism 3

Episode 332 - EATAQ 14 - The Stoic Failure To Grasp That Judgment Never Happens In The Senses 5

Episode 333 - EATAQ 15 - Epicurus Disputes The Stoic View Of The Sensations And The Anticipations 3

Episode 334 - EATAQ 16 - Further Epicurean Analysis of the Problems With The Stoic "Katalepctic Impression" 15

Episode 335 - EATAQ 17 - Epicurean Analysis Of Stoic Claims About Notions And Memory 5

Episode 336 - EATAQ18 - A Coherent Whole Or An Arbitrary Mess - The Necessity of The Study of Nature and Knowledge In Addition To Ethics 6

Episode 337 - EATAQ19 - Confidence In Knowledge And The Epicurean Attitude Toward Pascal's Wager 1

Episode 338 - EATAQ20 - Are Knowledge And Wisdom Available Only To Gods? 1

Episode 339 - EATAQ21 - Stoic Views of Knowledge And The Emperor's New Clothes 1

Episode 340 - EATAQ22 - The Fatal Flaw in Socratic Skepticism 3

Episode 341 - EATAQ23 - Is It True That No One Dies For A Lie? 1

Episode 342 - EATAQ24 - Were Our Minds Designed To Be Good At Pursuing Knowledge? 1

Episode 343 - EATAQ25 - In The Search For Knowledge, Is "Probable" Good Enough? 1

Episode 344 - EATAQ26 - What Is Our Mind's Role In Determining Truth? 5

Episode 345 - EATAQ27 - We Can't Find True and Complete Happiness Unless We Have Knowledge Of What True and Complete Happiness Is 2

Episode 346 - EATAQ28 - Epicurean Defense Of The Senses Against Plato's Cave Analogy 2

Episode 347 - EATAQ29 - If You Think True And False Are Impossible To Find, Then Don't Talk To Me About True And False 2

Episode 348 - EATAQ30 - Neither Logic Nor Logos Are Shortcuts To Truth 5

Episode 349 - EATAQ31 - Navigating Questions of Knowledge With Ships and Heaps 2

Episode 350 - EATAQ32 - Addressing A Listener Question On The Flux And Real Life 3

Episode 351 - EATAQ33 - Heap Big Trouble For The Stoic - Platonic Approach To Knowledge 2

Episode 352 - EATAQ34 - Dogs, Wolves, And What Is That In Sheep's Clothing? 4

Episode 353 - EATAQ35 - The Worthless Argument of those Men Who Wish to Throw Everything Into Confusion 2

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