Describe the
theory of knowledge called skepticism. Consider the skeptic’s charge that we
can never be confident about the reliability of our normal
sources of knowledge (perceptions, memory, introspection, and reasoning.)
Describe why and how, for each of the 4 sources mentioned, the source is
unreliable. Use examples to show your understanding.
If a source of
knowledge is unreliable, it means these sources can trick us into believing
falsehoods. Does it follow from the fact that we are sometimes mistaken when
we rely on these sources that we are always mistaken? In
other words, once we admit is possible that we are mistaken, does that mean
that we need to admit that we might never be correct? How
would you respond to the skeptic?