Moore's proof of an external world is a piece of reasoning whose premises, in context, are true and warranted and whose conclusion is perfectly acceptable, and yet immediately seems flawed. I argue that neither Wright's nor Pryor's readings of the proof can explain this paradox and show how it is only by taking th proof in connection with Cartesian scepticism that one can explain it.

The paradox of Moore's proof of an external world / Coliva, Annalisa. - In: THE PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY. - ISSN 0031-8094. - STAMPA. - 58:231(2008), pp. 234-243. [10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.513.x]

The paradox of Moore's proof of an external world

COLIVA, Annalisa
2008

Abstract

Moore's proof of an external world is a piece of reasoning whose premises, in context, are true and warranted and whose conclusion is perfectly acceptable, and yet immediately seems flawed. I argue that neither Wright's nor Pryor's readings of the proof can explain this paradox and show how it is only by taking th proof in connection with Cartesian scepticism that one can explain it.
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The paradox of Moore's proof of an external world / Coliva, Annalisa. - In: THE PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY. - ISSN 0031-8094. - STAMPA. - 58:231(2008), pp. 234-243. [10.1111/j.1467-9213.2007.513.x]
Coliva, Annalisa
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