Common Sense as Evidence: Against Revisionary Ontology and Skepticism

Thomas Kelly

doi:10.1002/9781444307276.ch4

Common Sense as Evidence: Against Revisionary Ontology and Skepticism

Thomas Kelly

Philosophy

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Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Midwest Studies in Philosophy
Subtitle of host publication	Truth and its Deformities
Publisher	Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Pages	53-78
Number of pages	26
Volume	32
ISBN (Print)	9781405191456
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444307276.ch4
State	Published - Apr 17 2009

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General Arts and Humanities

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Common sense - not fixed, the very kinds of things which "everyone knows"
Common sense as evidence: against revisionary ontology and skepticism
Defence of common sense -the proposition that significant number of people have lived on the surface of the earth
Dogmatism paradox - genuine philosophical puzzle
Legal rules of evidence - restrictions on admissibility of relevant evidence
Method of reflective equilibrium - conservative and not reactionary
Moderates - having something in common with Moorean targets
Special theory of relativity - deserves more credence than even the most sophisticated systematic theories in contemporary ontology
nonepistemic - ultimate rationale for setting aside apparently relevant evidence usually

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