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Two Skeptical Arguments
By admin | January 1, 1970
I’ve been claiming that there are some really powerful skeptical arguments (on the show and in response to Ken’s previous post). I have also been claiming that one aspect of their force is that they do not depend on setting the standards for knowledge very high. Here are two such arguments.
1. Hume’s argument.The first is inspired by David Hume. The
argument begins with the assumption that our beliefs about the external
world are at least partly based on how things appear. For example, I
believe that I am presently seated at my desk at least partly because
that is the way things visually appear to me. But that can’t be the
whole story, the argument continues. I must also be assuming, at least
implicitly, that the way things appear is a good indication of the way
things really are. If I were not relying on that assumption, Hume
argues, then the fact that things appear to me […]
Original post by John Greco
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