PHIL 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: These Dreams, Ontological Argument, Other Minds
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Evaluate the beliefs that i have been told and learned, organize them into categories, attack each category. Any category in which he finds doubt, he places it into the. Quarantine box, put it outside the realm of ideas that will be used to progress. O(cid:374)l(cid:455) take the(cid:373) out of the box (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) are (cid:862)u(cid:374)i(cid:374)fe(cid:272)ted(cid:863) a(cid:374)d can be used securely and in a better way. Uses this method to find something he can use/know for certain, applying hyperbolic skepticism. Sensory beliefs: senses can deceive you, you see the world through the five senses, but they are not always correct, your senses can cast doubt on the world and what you know. Ex. opti(cid:272)al illusio(cid:374)s, (cid:455)ou thi(cid:374)k (cid:455)ou see so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:455)ou k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:271)ut it"s not them. We must keep it in the box until we know how, why, and, when they are wrong.
