Davies on Easy Knowledge
Stewart Cohen considers a case where his son wants a red table for his room. Cohen and his son go to the furniture store. Cohen’s son is concerned that the table his father is considering purchasing, which appears red, may in fact be white with red lights shining on it. Cohen responds with the follo...
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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2014
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Dans: |
International journal for the study of skepticism
Année: 2014, Volume: 4, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-20 |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Martin Davies
easy knowledge
Stewart Cohen
sceptical hypotheses
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Volltext (Verlag) |
Résumé: | Stewart Cohen considers a case where his son wants a red table for his room. Cohen and his son go to the furniture store. Cohen’s son is concerned that the table his father is considering purchasing, which appears red, may in fact be white with red lights shining on it. Cohen responds with the following reasoning: (WARRANT FOR 1) The table looks red. (EK) (1)The table is red.(2)If the table is red, then it is not white with red lights shining on it.(3)The table is not white with red lights shining on it. |
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ISSN: | 2210-5700 |
Contient: | In: International journal for the study of skepticism
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22105700-03011093 |