Pragmatic Vs Practical Knowledge- Skepticism
In my opinion, it is a debate of What is. Vs. What if? What is = Eiffel Tower exists Based on all the available evidence and consensus of people (ijma) to an extent that its practically impossible for all of them to agree on a lie. We carry on our daily lives based on this kind of evidence with all reliability and so far our experience tells us that it hasn’t betrayed us. What if = Eiffel Tower doesn’t exist? As long as it stays a topic of debate and doesn’t get mingled up with ‘What is’ category, it’s totally fine. Because we don’t have any concrete evidence in comparison to ‘What is’ approach that supports this proposition. Nevertheless, let’s keep looking.
I think calling it only a game of probability would be downplaying it.