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“Probabilistic Proof of an External World”,By Nicholas Di Bella (Stanford, Philosophy)
Message content (below): “Probabilistic Proof of an External World” By Nicholas Di Bella (Stanford, Philosophy) Date: Thursday 15th February, 2018 Time: 1540-1715 Place: H-232 Abstract:I provide a novel internal critique of skepticism about the external world. Appealing to premises that an external-world skeptic could accept, I argue that the skeptic should (by her own lights) be extraordinarily confident that an external world exists. These premises include commitments to various forms of a priori reasoning–including commitments to classical logic, […]