In Hellenistic philosophy, epoché (also epoche;[1][2] pronounced /ˈɛpɒki/[1] or /ˈɛpəki/;[2] Greek: ἐποχή, romanized: epokhē, lit.
The Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus gives this definition: "Epoché is a state of the intellect on account of which we neither deny nor affirm anything."
[7] Sextus Empiricus was able to elaborate on the 10 tropes of Aenesidemus and argue syllogistic proofs in every area of speculative knowledge.
"[This quote needs a citation] To new researchers hoping to adopt Husserl’s way of thinking, it can be a difficult and daunting task.
One of the biggest problems researchers faces is the fact that Husserl constantly changed how he described key parts of epoche, as well as reductions.
[9] Through the systematic procedure of 'phenomenological reduction', one is thought to be able to suspend judgment regarding the general or naive philosophical belief in the existence of the external world, and thus examine phenomena as they are originally given to consciousness.
By using local epoché the viewer would suspend or set aside all prior knowledge of that particular horse, presenting an objective view.