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Knowledge and Reality

Knowledge and Reality. Minds and Machines. (1999) The Matrix. (Putnam, 1981) Brains in a Vat. (Descartes, 1641) Evil Genius. Can I be certain that what I perceive is really there? Maybe I’m dealing with a perceptual illusion Maybe I’m hallucinating M aybe I’m dreaming

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Knowledge and Reality

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  1. Knowledge and Reality Minds and Machines

  2. (1999) The Matrix

  3. (Putnam, 1981) Brains in a Vat

  4. (Descartes, 1641) Evil Genius • Can I be certain that what I perceive is really there? • Maybe I’m dealing with a perceptual illusion • Maybe I’m hallucinating • Maybe I’m dreaming • Maybe some supernatural being (the Evil Genius) is generating my perceptions • Is there anything whose existence I can be certain of? • Well: I think. Therefore, I am!

  5. (Plato, ~380 B.C.) Allegory of the Cave

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