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Paralogism

['Member']Joined: September 03, 2019 at 13:54Last active: September 05, 2019 at 16:302 discussions15 comments

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I think we're talking about different things. I'm not making any claims about the nature of knowledge, but rather justification. Surely you don't deny...
September 05, 2019 at 12:30
On second thought, this is Pyrrhonism, not Academic skepticism. It does point towards a simple 'suspension of all beliefs' rather than any true declar...
September 05, 2019 at 12:19
I'm trying to download this article from JSTOR because I think it deals with what I'm talking about, but it insists that I have to pay $15 despite cla...
September 04, 2019 at 19:57
Not within its own epistemic framework, but they still aren't able to ultimately justify themselves. I'm not knowledgeable enough to give my opinion o...
September 04, 2019 at 19:10
If global skepticism holds, then we have no more reason to believe in scientific claims than any other type of claim. An assertion about feldspars wou...
September 04, 2019 at 18:39
Well, I suppose if one can't coherently suggest that something might be wrong or mistaken. I'm not sure what that could be. You say 'logically speakin...
September 04, 2019 at 17:30
Here is another way of formulating the problem: suppose that most of the observers in existence are simulated by some malevolent AI (i.e. Cartesian de...
September 04, 2019 at 14:51
I don't really understand what you're asking (remember that I'm not well-read). I do think that those statements presuppose important claims like 'my ...
September 04, 2019 at 13:51
Because saying something is 'probably' true already presupposes certain claims about the nature of knowledge. Is it? Can you show another alternative?
September 04, 2019 at 13:36
Sorry, I'm new to this board. How is my concern misplaced?
September 04, 2019 at 13:07
Most philosophers do not accept radical skepticism. I'm sure that they do accept that all ideas are fallible, but what I'm arguing here is that that u...
September 04, 2019 at 12:14
The only way that conclusion could be made is through the use of logic, which this argument aims to undermine. It does try to show that knowledge is i...
September 04, 2019 at 11:53
This argument seems powerful at first because animals with very similar cognition have, in our planet's history, far outnumbered humans (who we can su...
September 03, 2019 at 21:55
This argument is powerful because animals with very similar cognition have, in our planet's history, far outnumbered humans (who are unique, we can su...
September 03, 2019 at 21:53
I'm afraid I don't see the point you're making? Logic is not immune to my argument.
September 03, 2019 at 17:46