Sentence examples for skeptical formulae from inspiring English sources

Many of the thoughts the skeptics arrive at are expressed in the skeptical formulae (PH 1.13 15; 1.13 15).

Discussion of the skeptics' attitudes is almost entirely conducted in terms of skeptical language and the skeptical formulae (for detailed discussion of the relevant paragraphs, DL 9.74 7, cf. Corti 2015).

The other solution mentioned in PH 1.14 15 is somewhat more problematic: the skeptical formulae cancel themselves out.

Some strategies to avoid assertion are given in the context of the skeptical formulae ("non-assertion," "I determine nothing," and so on).

Apart from using their skeptical formulae, and apart from conducting philosophical investigations, which they can do in a dialectical mode, referring to theses, arguments, and inferences, the skeptic also has to talk in everyday contexts.

Sextus gives a general account of what skepticism is, including skeptical investigation, suspension of judgment, the skeptic's end, action, and language; he gives lists and illustrations of various sets of Modes; he explains the so-called skeptical formulae (phônai), such as "I determine nothing," "non-assertion," "maybe," and so on; and he compares skepticism to relevantly similar philosophies.

The nationwide scandal that followed made Chinese consumers skeptical of formula made locally.

Skeptical of Marxist formulas, he was more of a "socialist," with a small "s," than a Socialist.

Bailey was a born optimist with confidence in the future, but he was skeptical about a static formula.

"I'd be skeptical of going with a formula based solely on the landlord end, instead of an appointed board to protect people from unreasonable rents," said Kenneth Schaeffer, vice president of the Metropolitan Council on Housing.

In recent years, many Chinese consumers have been skeptical of locally made infant milk formula after government inspections found that widespread contamination of formula with the industrial chemical melamine had caused kidney-related illnesses, some fatal, in hundreds of thousands of infants and children.