Suspend judgment with the Skeptic
Burdened by the weight of your beliefs? The Skeptic employs the modes of Pyrrhonian skepticism to debate you until you reach the suspension of judgment, which will bring you tranquility at last.
Honey is sweet.
The SkepticBold, and so soon! Somewhere on X there’s a person whose bio reads ‘Philosopher. Honey is not sweet. Views my own.’ So it needs support: why think “Honey is sweet”?
It tastes sweet to me!
The SkepticI’d never argue with your tongue. But your belief is about the honey itself. So are you assuming “How things taste to me shows how they really are”?
Yes, I’m assuming that.
The SkepticSomeone with a fever often finds honey bitter, and they’re just as sure of their tongue as you are of yours. So it needs support: why think “How things taste to me shows how they really are”?
The SkepticAre we reasoning in a circle?
Yes, I suppose we are.
The SkepticSo that line runs in a circle, with the support relying on what it was supposed to show. Is there any other reason you believe “Honey is sweet”?
Your argument map for the claim that honey is sweet
How it works
State a belief
Tell the Skeptic the belief you’d like removed.
Provide your justifications
The Skeptic asks why you believe it, one reason at a time, and draws your argument map as you go.
Suspend judgment
Every justification either rests on a fundamental assumption, goes in a circle, or goes on forever. Hit one with every justification you've got and you get your suspension of judgment, absolutely free!
“I used to think honey was sweet. Now? Who can say. I've never been calmer.”Former Dogmatist
“Three philosophers at an APA disagreed with me. I suspended judgment on the spot. Tranquility has changed my life forever.”Untroubled Philosopher
“I reached the suspension of judgment on my thesis topic and never looked back.”Tranquil PhD Student
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Judgment suspended. This debate is closed.
Congratulations! You have reached the suspension of judgment!
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Certificate
of Suspension of Judgment
This is to certify that
has successfully reached the suspension of judgment
and is hereby entitled to one (1) tranquility, which follows as a shadow follows a body (PH I.29).
How was your suspension of judgment?
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