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Full Idea
The evil scientist might not only be deceiving you with his electrodes; maybe he has just created you with your ostensible memory beliefs and experiences, and for good measure he will immediately destroy you, so in the next moment you no longer exist.
Gist of Idea
An evil scientist may give you a momentary life, with totally false memories
Source
Peter Unger (Ignorance: a Case for Scepticism [1975], 1.12)
Book Ref
Unger,Peter: 'Ignorance: a Case for Scepticism' [OUP 1975], p.42
A Reaction
This is based on Russell's scepticism about memory (Idea 2792). Even this very train of thought may not exist, if the first half of it was implanted, rather than being developed by you. I cannot see how to dispute this possibility.
Related Idea
Idea 2792 It is possible the world came into existence five minutes ago, complete with false memories [Russell]
8722 | No one knows anything, and no one is ever justified or reasonable [Unger] |
8723 | An evil scientist may give you a momentary life, with totally false memories [Unger] |
8724 | The meaning of 'know' does not change from courtroom to living room [Unger] |
9052 | Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith] |
16070 | There are no objects with proper parts; there are only mereological simples [Unger, by Wasserman] |