Skeptical phase of Plato's Academy led by Arcesilaus and Carneades, arguing that nothing can be known with certainty and advocating suspension of judgment (epoché).
Arcesilaus and Carneades developed arguments that no impression carries a criterion allowing certainty, targeting Stoic kataleptic impressions; recommended practical action based on the persuasive (pithanon) without assent to truth.
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