ABSTRACT
IN this chapter I offer an account of only one special form of scepticism, the philosophical activity and view known as Pyrrhonism. Moreover, the account I give is of Pyrrhonism as represented by Sextus Empiricus. Thus, my treatment of scepticism might seem to be doubly narrow. However, there are some reasons for not attempting a more inclusive picture. One is that such presentations can already be found in textbooks on Greek philosophy and in philosophical and other reference books, and there are also a number of monographs devoted to the subject. But there is a more compelling reason too.
