Skepticism, to escape dogmatism and relativism

Skepticism holds two things: it's very difficult to reach the truth, but that doesn't mean the truth doesn't exist. This school of thought teaches the humility our age needs.

Perhaps it's up to journalists and philosophers to remind us of the fundamentals of skepticism at a time when dogmatism is spreading like wildfire through society. A dogmatism that translates into intellectual intolerance, and which coexists perfectly with relativism, that other marker of the age.

Take aesthetic judgements, for example. The idea that there might be an element of objectivity in assessing the beauty of a face, a landscape or a work of art is one that has long shocked no-one, but no longer seems welcome. A