The Pyrrhonian Skeptics criticized the Academic Skeptics because the latter

a. claimed that even though we do not have certainty, we can have beliefs that are probable.
b. were too skeptical to the point that they were impractical.
c. were skeptical not only about sense experience, but also about religion.
d. believed that nothing is selfevident and nothing can be proved.


a

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