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Brain-snatched I (handout)
Philosophical Problems
English - April 16, 2013 04:08 - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsCourses Education Society & Culture Philosophy la trobe university philosophy humanities social sciences jack reynolds andrew brennan time travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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This lecture deals with philosophical scepticism about the physical world. This is the idea that we do not really have any evidence (at all!) for any of our ordinary beliefs about the world around us, because we cannot rule out the possibility that all our experience is some sort of massive illusion. We look at the detail of the argument for this startling view, and at one of the responses that may be made to it. The lecture refers to Chapter 3, "Brain-Snatched", in Stephen Law's book, The Philosophy Gym.
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