Correspondence With Greek Scepticism
McEvilley (2002) notes a correspondence between Greek Pyrrhonism and Madhyamika doctrines:
Sextus says that there are two criteria:- hat by which we judge reality and unreality, and
- hat which we use as a guide in everyday life.
According to the first criterion, nothing is either true or false nductive statements based on direct observation of phenomena may be treated as either true or false for the purpose of making everyday practical decisions.
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