David Teachout

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So the second premise only seems true in the sense of ‘we cannot distinguish at a glance whether our senses are deceiving us’. Whereas to open the way to Descartes’s major doubts, it would seem that he needs ‘we cannot distinguish even over time and with care whether our senses are deceiving us’. And this last does not seem to be true.
Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
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