PHILOS 25B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Corpuscularianism, Christian Mortalism, Rationality
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Trust the evidence of his senses c. i. 1. c. i. 2. c. i. 3. c. i. 4. there is reason to doubt this mirages, hallucinations distance c. i. 3. a. Eyes can"t be trusted for things far away or very small. An insane person can"t reason about his beliefs. Rationality is a precondition to applying the method of doubt. Therefore he"s not insane dream skepticism can"t tell whether he"s asleep or awake c. i. 4. b. i. 1. things are not so distinct for someone who is asleep c. i. 4. b. i. 2. You don"t question things while asleep c. i. 4. b. ii. its possible that you"re dreaming c. i. 4. b. ii. 1. why does it matter? c. i. 4. b. iii. need to be able to tell that we"re not dreaming c. i. 4. c. c. i. 4. c. i. c. i. 4. b. iii. 1. Even a painting with no bearing on reality, they still use real colors c. i. 4. c. i. 1. Can"t dream out of nothing, must be something that is real for dreams to make up the fiction c. i. 4. c. i. 1. a. basic entities: shape, size, number, location, time c. i. 4. c. i. 1. a. i. c. i. 4. c. i. 1. a. ii. c. i. 4. c. i. 1. a. iii. haven"t made up these properties beliefs - arithmetic, geometry.
