PHYS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Circular Reasoning, Injustice 2, Evil Demon
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Exam #2 study guide: present, explain, and evaluate russell"s appearance vs. Real properties of an object are stable but the more properties we perceive a. ii. a. iii. change. If (a) then the properties, we perceive are not real properties of objects. If the properties, we perceive are not real properties of objects then our beliefs about objects require inferences from the sense data we directly perceive a. iv. Therefore, our belief about objects require inferences from the series of data we directly perceive: explain: b. i. The table does not always look like a rectangle: evaluate: c. i. 1. c. i. 2. Sound argument: present, explain, and evaluate descartes" argument for doubt based on sense. Argument for doubt based on sense perception a. i. 1. My senses have deceived me in the past a. i. 2. If (1) then i have reason to doubt all the beliefs that come from my senses a. i. 3. Therefore, i have reason to doubt all of the beliefs that come from my senses a. ii.
