Events Tagged: "skepticism"

Pyrrho develops skepticism - suspension of judgment, nothing can be known for certain

Montaigne's skeptical crisis - 'Que sçay-je?' (What do I know?) becomes motto - 'We have no communication with being' - Pyrrhonian skepticism revived

James VI/I becomes more skeptical - Exposes fraudulent boy claiming demonic possession - Orders punishment for false accusers - Yet Scottish lodges continue developing

David Hume's 'Treatise of Human Nature' destroys rational foundation: 'Reason is slave of passions'

Hume's 'Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding' - miracles impossible, 'commit it to the flames'

Dr. Millard: 'The danger of unvaccinated persons contracting small-pox... has been somewhat overrated'