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G.E. Moore's Arguments in "Proof of an External World" and "A Defense of Common Sense"

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2019-01-09 16:33

Premise 1: Here is one hand, and here is another.
Premise 2: Hands are external objects.
Conclusion: External objects exist.

The Dawdlers discuss G.E. Moore's two famous papers, "Proof of an External World" and "A Defense of Common Sense", in the context of setting up a discussion of Wittgenstein's "On Certainty" which was itself a response to Moore's arguments, this is a Snippet out of a longer Podcast.

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