Skepticism

INSTRUCTIONS

• Use your course texts (which I posted excerpts below) to help you respond to the topic, and when you quote and summarize from the course texts, include information about the page reference.

• You are discouraged from using additional sources. If you do choose to use an outside source, be sure to cite your source, just as you do when you use the course texts. If you use a quotation or an example from a website, cite the website's URL and the date accessed.

Topic for your Essay,

• Essay Length tips--To answer these topics completely, it takes about 2 pages - 8-10 paragraphs. Use the topic questions and the scoring rubric to see if your draft responds fully to all parts of the question. A complete thoughtful answer is more important than word count.

Describe the theory of knowledge called skepticism. Consider the skeptic’s charge that we can  never be confident about the reliability of our normal sources of knowledge (perceptions, memory, introspection, and reasoning.) Describe why and how, for each of the 4 sources mentioned, the source is unreliable. Use examples to show your understanding.

If a source of knowledge is unreliable, it means these sources can trick us into believing falsehoods. Does it follow from the fact that we are  sometimes mistaken when we rely on these sources that we are  always mistaken? In other words, once we admit is possible that we are mistaken, does that mean that we need to admit that we might  never be correct? How would you respond to the skeptic?

Below next pages are from book we are using in class

Vaughn, L. (2021). Philosophy here and now: Powerful ideas in everyday life. Oxford University Press. https://platform.virdocs.com/read/1941649/12/#/4/2

pg288

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