Skepticism

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Skepticism is a philosophical point of view, and a skeptic is one who embraces skepticism. In Ancient Greek philosophy, there were two very different schools of skepticism: the Academic and the Pyrrhonian.^[1]

• Academic: Named after Plato's Academy, it is the philosophy that nothing can be known for certain.
• Pyrrhonian: Named after the Greek, Pyrrho of Elis (c. 360-275 B.C), it is the point of view of suspended judgement. The Greek, Aenesidemus (c. 100-40 B.C.), formulated it into a philosophy and adopted the title of "skeptic" (from skeptikos, meaning "inquirer") and "doubters"; (from ephektikos, meaning "one who suspends judgment").^[1]

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