My friend and colleague Don Robertson and I had a nice chat about Skepticism as a philosophy of life on the occasion of the publication of my book, How to Be a (Happy) Skeptic: The Power of Doubt in a Meaningful Life–Lessons from Cicero’s Philosophy.
The two of us explored how Skeptics trained to cultivate doubt, wondered about who exactly where the “naked wise men" encountered in India by Pyrrho of Elis, considered under what epistemic conditions one should take an umbrella before leaving the apartment, discussed the meaning of René Descartes’s famous thought experiment in radical doubt, talked about what Carneades's “undiverted impressions" are and why they may be so useful, and contemplated the life of Marcus Tullius Cicero as an example of Stoicism in action.
If you are intrigued by any of the above, I hope you’ll watch the video, and perhaps consider getting the book. Comments are welcome!
