Instructions: Write a paper between 700-800 words on a skeptical argument covered in lecture and/or the course readings (choose from the options below). You must follow the outline provided. Please turn in to Canvas in a pdf or doc format. 12pt, Normal Font, Double Spaced. Citations are only necessary if you cite something outside of the course readings and lecture material.
Outline of your paper:
Give the argument in premise/conclusion form.
Explain each premise and offer reasons as to why a reasonable person could accept each premise as true.
Explain how the premises support the conclusion.
Assuming that you believe the argument fails, choose a premise that you believe is false. Explain why you believe it is false (offer reasons or an argument for believing that the premise is false). Explain how denying the premise allows you to avoid the conclusion of the argument.Instructions: Write a paper between 700-800 words on a skeptical argument covered in lecture and/or the course readings (choose from the options below). You must follow the outline provided. Please turn in to Canvas in a pdf or doc format. 12pt, Normal Font, Double Spaced. Citations are only necessary if you cite something outside of the course readings and lecture material.
Outline of your paper:
Give the argument in premise/conclusion form.
Explain each premise and offer reasons as to why a reasonable person could accept each premise as true.
Explain how the premises support the conclusion.
Assuming that you believe the argument fails, choose a premise that you believe is false. Explain why you believe it is false (offer reasons or an argument for believing that the premise is false). Explain how denying the premise allows you to avoid the conclusion of the argument.
Argument 6.4: The Possibility of Error Argument
4-1. For (almost) any belief any person has about the external world, that belief could be mistaken.
4-2. If a belief could be mistaken, then it is not a case of knowledge.
4-3. Therefore, (almost) any belief any person has about the external world is not knowledge (i.e, no one knows anything, or more than very little, about the external world). (4-1), (4-2)Argument 6.4: The Possibility of Error Argument
4-1. For (almost) any belief any person has about the external world, that belief could be mistaken.
4-2. If a belief could be mistaken, then it is not a case of knowledge.
4-3. Therefore, (almost) any belief any person has about the external world is not knowledge (i.e, no one knows anything, or more than very little, about the external world). (4-1), (4-2)Argument 6.4: The Possibility of Error Argument
4-1. For (almost) any belief any person has about the external world, that belief could be mistaken.
4-2. If a belief could be mistaken, then it is not a case of knowledge.
4-3. Therefore, (almost) any belief any person has about the external world is not knowledge (i.e, no one knows anything, or more than very little, about the external world). (4-1), (4-2)
