Replies to Coliva, Leite, and Stroud
Here I cast some doubt on Professor Coliva’s interpretive claim that Moore’s “Proof of an external world” is addressed to idealism, not skepticism, and explore the consequences for our understanding of the final paragraphs of the paper. In response to Professor Leite, I examine the disagreement betw...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2018, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-244 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Moore, George Edward 1873-1958
/ Scepticism
/ Idealism
/ Perception
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Further subjects: | B
Wittgenstein
Moore
skeptical hypotheses
representative theory of perception
vision science
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Summary: | Here I cast some doubt on Professor Coliva’s interpretive claim that Moore’s “Proof of an external world” is addressed to idealism, not skepticism, and explore the consequences for our understanding of the final paragraphs of the paper. In response to Professor Leite, I examine the disagreement between us on whether the global skeptical hypotheses can be refuted by ordinary evidence. Finally, after analyzing the logic of the skeptical argumentation, I attempt an answer to Professor Stroud’s question about the staying power of the representative theory of perception. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contains: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-20181331 |