Philosophy A-Level
The unreliability of the senses
What The unreliability of the senses means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The first wave of doubt, since the senses sometimes deceive us, so they cannot be trusted where they might be deceiving me now.
Topics that use The unreliability of the senses
- The limits of knowledge (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Assessment of Descartes' response to scepticism
- Empiricism
- Methodological doubt
- Normal incredulity
- Philosophical scepticism
- Reliabilism
- Reliable process
- Scope of doubt
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