FocusingprimarilyonPlato,Aristotle,andthePyrrhonianskeptics,Finediscussesthefollowingquestions,amongothers:doesSocrates,intheApology,claimtoknowthatheknowsnothing?HowdoPlatoandAristotleconceiveofdoxaandepist礙m礙?Aredoxaandepist礙m礙beliefandknowledgeasweconceiveofthemnowadays?DoPlatoandAristotleallowustohavedoxaofeverythingaboutwhichwecanhaveepist礙m礙?HowdoesPlatoconceiveofperceptioninthePhaedoandinTheaetetus184-6?HowshouldweunderstandhistheoryofrecollectioninthePhaedo?DothePyrrhonianskepticsdisavowallbeliefs?Dotheyhaveaconceptionofpurelysubjectiveexperience?Dotheytakeanythingtobesubjective?Aretheyexternalworldskeptics?HowdotheirviewsofsubjectivityandskepticismcomparewithDescartes’?Takenasawhole,theessaysexplainwhyancientepistemologyisinstructiveandilluminatingforustoday.
