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dream argument: a standalone construct

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the skeptical argument that since one cannot rule out that one is now dreaming, one cannot know through perception that the world is as it appears.

In epistemology, dream argument refers to the skeptical argument that since one cannot rule out that one is now dreaming, one cannot know through perception that the world is as it appears. This meaning comes from Descartes (2007) in Meditations on First Philosophy.[1]

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References

  1. Descartes, R. (2007). Meditations on First Philosophy. Independently Published. ISBN 9798413817414

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