Abstract
AbstractThis chapter focuses on the initial philosophical investigation undertaken by the talented person, who has not yet adhered to any doctrine; I call him philosophos. I begin by distinguishing between anomalia (irregularity) and diaphônia (disagreement), for disagreement belongs to the second moment in the path towards skepticism: when the philosophos is investigating philosophically what is true about things. In fact, PH 1.26 makes it clear that the main experience of the philosophos is that of equal disagreement among philosophers. Whenever he investigates a topic philosophically, he finds himself faced by a disagreement that he is not able to adjudicate. Paying heed to endless, widespread disagreement and becoming aware of the difficulties in resolving it is the basic experience that leads him towards skepticism. Some important topics concerning philosophical investigation are also: its conditions (one must acknowledge ignorance of the topic to be investigated, but one must also have a conception of what he is looking for); and what exactly is being investigated, whether a non-evident object or what is said about it. At the end, I describe the life of the philosophos, because I think one must imagine his everyday life and how philosophy is part of this life. For while he is investigating and has not reached any philosophical theory, he goes on living adoxastôs. That is one reason why to examine the path towards skepticism may illuminate skepticism.KeywordsDisagreementIgnoranceStarting pointInferenceNon-evident objectInvestigation againstInvestigation about
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