The Mode of Infinite Regression

Abstract

This chapter analyses the mode of infinite regression. It argues that the main interpretations that have been given of the mode have been dogmatic ones, that is to say they have been interpretations which capture perfectly well how a dogmatic philosopher might come to suspend judgement on the basis of the mode but not how a sceptic might do so. The chapter concludes by suggesting a way in which the sceptic might come to suspend judgement on the basis of the mode by interpreting it in light of the sceptic’s method of equipollence.