Essay on Conversation and Inquiry: A Skeptical Approach

In this essay, I present a new approach to the topic of conversation. In general, conversation is understood as an exchange of words in ordinary life, when one person communicates their mental states, impressions and opinions to another. Here I discuss conversation as a form of inquiry, as a means of searching for epistemic goods. To do this, I approach the topic of conversation in the light of the philosophical tradition, specifically ancient and contemporary skepticism. My argument is that the lesson we draw from skepticism (neopyrrhonism) is that the results of conversation as inquiry are: intellectual autonomy and freedom, a more demanding attitude towards certain claims, epistemic tolerance and the ability to keep an open mind and change one's mind.