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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn
The Problem of Skepticism and Knowledge

Chapter Objectives

After studying chapter 7, you should be able to:

State Descartes's dream argument and his evil genius argument.

Evaluate the claim that knowledge requires certainty.

State the different theories of perception.

Evaluate the different theories of perception.

State the various theories of knowledge.

Evaluate the arguments for each theory of knowledge.

Define: rationalism, empiricism, a-priori proposition, a-posteriori proposition, analytic proposition, synthetic proposition, correspondence theory of truth, coherence theory of truth, pragmatic theory of truth, skepticism, foundationalism, direct realism, representative realism, phenomenalism.








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