The followers of Pyrrho held that nothing can be proven because
A) either we will have an infinite regress of reasons or we will assume what we are trying to prove.
B) it is possible that an evil being is confusing our minds.
C) all knowledge must be based on religious faith and not reason.
D) proofs are based on language,but language is ambiguous.

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The followers of Pyrrho believed in skepticism, a philosophy that held that knowledge is uncertain and that nothing can be proven beyond doubt. They argued that all attempts at proving something lead to an infinite regress of reasons, where each reason needs a further reason, and so on, ad infinitum. This makes it impossible to arrive at any certain knowledge. Alternatively, they argued that assuming anything as true without proof leads to the same problem of infinite regress. Therefore, skeptics concluded that we can't know anything for certain.

The Followers of Pyrrho Held That Nothing Can Be Proven