Philosophy / Unit 2 Philosophy 0061 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Moore's Two Hands
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The idea
G. E. Moore's common-sense response: I know I have two hands; therefore an external world exists. A premise more certain than any skeptical conclusion wins.
In practice
Moore raises one hand, then the other—claiming this proof outweighs, for certainty, every clever argument against it.
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