Epistemology Links

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Rubber hand illusion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwn1w7MJvk&t=11s

Gettier, “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” Analysis, 23(6): 121-123 http://www.ditext.com/gettier/gettier.html

Think of the six senses, and how each of them is deceived when you are dreaming. Then watch the following video. Remember this video, it will be useful for the metaphysics of mind section. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7eYt4ZmkR8

Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Meditation 1 http://osclinks.com/4794

How does Descartes use doubt to question the evidence of his senses?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msr65QKEMQk Watch this video and make notes. It is a video that was created especially for AQA. Make notes on what is being taught in this lecture. You will need them for revision purposes.

Read Rene Descartes (1641) Meditations on First Philosophy, which you can find here:

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The information you need is on pages 6-12 of the document.

Now read Russell, The Problems of Philosophy, Chapter 1.You can find the document at:

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And finally, after all that work, here is an interesting article to read

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Now read Locke, ‘An Essay Concerning Human Understanding’. Book 4, chapter xi.

You can find the text that you need here:

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