What do you think about methodological skepticism? Do we ever follow this procedure in our daily lives or do the opposite.
Descartes Methodological Skeptism, I think we do follow, and we also do the opposite, I guess what I am trying to say it depends on the different perspective of each individual, we ask ourselves can anyone see themselves examining in detail their beliefs just to prove a point, I for one cannot put myself in this type of situation.
I believe that many things cannot be proven, therefore there will always be room for skeptics, from childhood we are taught to believe in a super natural being, and as we grow older and hear different opinions based on incomplete information, we start either staying strong to our beliefs or having doubts.
In our society this is true in the way we think about jury duty, we must believe that the person being charged is innocent until proven guilty. But from the minute the DA opens his mouth and starts telling you why this individual is being charge we will make an assumption that they are already guilty, without having heard all of the evidence.
Another example would be; who does not believe in the air that we breath, we know for a fact that without it we are non-existing, we cannot see it, smell it, but it can be scientifically proven it exist. I have never encounter any skepticism on this subject.
“Skepticism can range from disbelief in contemporary philosophical solutions, to agnosticism, to rejecting the reality of the external world.”
You make a good point here about the way we tend to form assumptions about something quite easily (say, guilt or innocence) and indeed these opinions can be difficult to break down!
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