Philosophy A-Level
Proof of the external world
What Proof of the external world means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Proof of the external world
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Argues that God exists, is no deceiver, and therefore guarantees that clear and distinct perceptions of corporeal things are true.
Topics that use Proof of the external world
- Reason as a source of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- A priori knowledge of existence
- Certainty and foundationalism
- Copy principle
- Empiricism
- Hume's Fork
- Intuition
- Leibniz and necessary truths
- Plato's theory of recollection
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