Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Gorgias, Micklethwait,J/Wooldridge,A and Ren Descartes
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Even if my body and objects are imaginary, there may be simpler things which are true [Descartes]
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Descartes can't begin again, because sceptics doubt cognitive processes as well as beliefs [Pollock/Cruz on Descartes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
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We correct sense errors with other senses, not intellect [Mersenne on Descartes]
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The senses can only report, so perception errors are in the judgment [Gassendi on Descartes]
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It is prudent never to trust your senses if they have deceived you even once [Descartes]
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If pain is felt in a lost limb, I cannot be certain that a felt pain exists in my real limbs [Descartes]
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Only judgement decides which of our senses are reliable [Descartes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 4. Demon Scepticism
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God may have created nothing, but made his creation appear to me as it does now [Descartes]
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To achieve full scepticism, I imagine a devil who deceives me about the external world and my own body and senses [Descartes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 5. Dream Scepticism
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Waking actions are joined by memory to all our other actions, unlike actions of which we dream [Descartes]
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique
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When rebuilding a house, one needs alternative lodgings [Descartes]
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I can only sense an object if it is present, and can't fail to sense it when it is [Descartes]
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