text: Status within philosophy Crispin Wright said that "Quietism is the view that significant metaphysical debate is impossible." It has been described as "the view or stance that entails avoidance of substantive philosophical theorizing and is usually associated with certain forms of skepticism, pragmatism, and minimalism about truth. More particularly, it is opposed to putting forth positive theses and developing constructive arguments."
  Quietism by its nature is not a philosophical school as understood in the sense of a systematic body of truths.  The objective of quietism is to show that philosophical positions or theories cannot solve problems, settle debates or advance knowledge.
  It is often raised in discussion as an opposite position to both philosophical realism and anti-realism. Specifically, quietists deny that there is any substantial debate between the positions of realism and non-realism.  There are a range of justifications for quietism about the realism debate offered by Gideon Rosen and John McDowell.
  History and proponents
  Ancient
  Pyrrhonism represents perhaps the earliest example of an identifiably quietist position in the West. The Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus described Pyrrhonism as a form of philosophical therapy:
  Some have identified Epicureans as another early proponent of quietism.  The goal of Epicurean philosophy is the decidedly quietist objectives of aponia (freedom from pain) and ataraxia, even dismissing Stoic logic as useless.
  The neo-Confucian philosopher Cheng Hao is also associated with advocating quietism.  He argued that the goal of existence should be calming one's natural biases and embracing impartial tranquility. This aversion to bias is nevertheless quite distinct from Wittgenstein's position.