CARTESIAN SKEPTICISM


Meaning of CARTESIAN SKEPTICISM in English

Any of a class of skeptical views against empirical knowledge based on the claim that claims to empirical knowledge are defeated by the possibility that we might be deceived insofar as we might be, for example, dreaming, hallucinating, deceived by demons, or brains in vats.

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English dictionary of philosophy of mind.      Английский словарь философии сознания.