tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post1189955295642837154..comments2024-03-28T13:23:50.623-05:00Comments on Alexander Pruss's Blog: The non-actuality of sceptical scenariosAlexander R Prusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-67477961223142012582009-08-14T20:01:20.332-05:002009-08-14T20:01:20.332-05:00I think so, yes. I've been trying to see if c...I think so, yes. I've been trying to see if considering the equivalent of the BCCF (perhaps the big things-are-as-they-seem fact) is of interest, but can't really get anywhere with it. It does seem, however, that a fact which explains all other "things-are-as-they-seem"-type facts ipso facto explains itself. Which is surely a good thing.James Bejonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842862598659108841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-81920515974828565282009-08-13T14:08:53.543-05:002009-08-13T14:08:53.543-05:00The interplay between sceptical scenarios does see...The interplay between sceptical scenarios does seem worth thinking more about, doesn't it?Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-16386261639808566012009-08-11T15:49:34.120-05:002009-08-11T15:49:34.120-05:00I wonder if the argument could be advanced for the...I wonder if the argument could be advanced for the conjunction of all skeptical scenarios. This would perhaps play on the fact that the claims used to defeat one skeptical scenario (e.g. on the basis of the way we've seen things working in the past, such-and-such a thing is unlikely to happen) would be defeated by another (e.g. the past in fact being illusory). But I'm not sure this really adds anything to anything.James Bejonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842862598659108841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3891434218564545511.post-26923611087141677392009-08-11T10:33:25.190-05:002009-08-11T10:33:25.190-05:00Insanity is a bit of a problem for Descartes' ...Insanity is a bit of a problem for Descartes' principle as I've formulated it. Probably the solution is to replace "no matter how hard they try" with "no matter how rationally they try".Alexander R Prusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05989277655934827117noreply@blogger.com