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Stewart Cohen considers a case where his son wants a red table for his room. Cohen and his son go to the furniture store. Cohen’s son is concerned that the table his father is considering purchasing, which appears red, may in fact be white with red lights shining on it. Cohen responds with the follo...

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Main Author: McBride, Mark 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2014
In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-20
Further subjects:B Martin Davies easy knowledge Stewart Cohen sceptical hypotheses
Online Access: Volltext (Publisher)
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Summary:Stewart Cohen considers a case where his son wants a red table for his room. Cohen and his son go to the furniture store. Cohen’s son is concerned that the table his father is considering purchasing, which appears red, may in fact be white with red lights shining on it. Cohen responds with the following reasoning: (WARRANT FOR 1) The table looks red. (EK) (1)The table is red.(2)If the table is red, then it is not white with red lights shining on it.(3)The table is not white with red lights shining on it.
Physical Description:Online-Ressource
ISSN:2210-5700
Contains:In: International journal for the study of skepticism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105700-03011093