Philosophy 137 - Skepticism

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Claremont McKenna College

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Staff Philosophers have challenged your most fundamental claims to knowledge: that your thoughts and utterances really have meaning (or the meanings you think they have), that your friends and neighbors have minds like yours, even that there really is a world outside your mind. Though the conclusion that you don't know these things appears ridiculous, some of the arguments are very hard to refute. Does this show philosophy is just an intellectual game Or does the tension reveal something important about human existence Offered every third year.

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1.50

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www.claremontmckenna.edu/

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(909) 621-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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