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Single Idea 12401
[filed under theme 13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Full Idea
A toper who spies in the distance,/ Striped tigers, will get some assistance/ From reading Descartes,/ Who holds that it's part/ Of his duty to doubt their existence. ... [Leslie Johnson] - (continued in 12402)
Gist of Idea
A toper who spies in the distance...
Source
Will Sommers (talk [2019])
Related Idea
Idea 12402
..But if he's a student of Berkeley... [Sommers,W]
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F(x) walked into a bar. The barman said..
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Sartre to Waitress: Coffee with no cream, please...
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Said Plato: 'The things that we feel...
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The philosopher Berkeley once said..
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"My dog's got synaesthesia." How does he smell? .....
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A toper who spies in the distance...
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There once was a man who said 'Damn!...
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Barman to Descartes: Would you like another drink?...
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There was a young student called Fred...
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A philosopher and his wife are out for a drive...
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Dear Sir, Your astonishment's odd....
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There once was a man who said: 'God...
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..But if he's a student of Berkeley...
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'If you're aristocratic,' said Nietzsche...
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How do behaviourists greet each other?
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Why do anarchists drink herbal tea?
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Cries the maid: 'You must marry me Hume!'...
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Causation - we all thought we knew it/ Till Hume came along and saw through it/….
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The barman called 'Time!', and Augustine said.....
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The past, present and future walked into a bar....
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