Philo 6

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As one entry, complete the following requests/questions in sequence:

Is there something called the truth, universal and independent of one or another culture or country?  This is the issue of cognitive relativism, mentioned on pages 277 and 278.

After watching the following segment from Crash Course in Philosophy, which position do favor, Plato's or Aristotle's in terms of knowledge?  Why?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh0fxJkvL44&t=189s

What does Descartes' discovery about the fallability of the five senses and the description in the Philosophy Lab, described on page 288?  Can we really know anything?  Give an example of what we can know, beyond dispute.