Combining Texts

Ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'Letter to Peter Wilhelm Lund' and 'On What Grounds What'

unexpand these ideas     |    start again     |     choose another area for these texts

display all the ideas for this combination of texts

---

1 idea

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 2. Common Sense Certainty

13740	'Moorean certainties' are more credible than any sceptical argument [Schaffer,J]
	Full Idea: A 'Moorean certainty' is when something is more credible than any philosopher's argument to the contrary.
	From: Jonathan Schaffer (On What Grounds What [2009], 2.1)
	A reaction: The reference is to G.E. Moore's famous claim that the existence of his hand is more certain than standard sceptical arguments. It sounds empiricist, but they might be parallel rational truths, of basic logic or arithmetic.