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This course is an introduction to epistemology: the theory of knowledge. We will focus on skepticism—that is, the thesis that we know nothing at all—and we will survey a range of skeptical arguments and responses to skepticism.
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Hilary Putnam’s “Brain in a Vat” thought experiment is a modern version of Descartes’ argument of an evil demon feeding false information to the senses. (This image is in the public domain. Source: Was a bee.)
