Topic: The Details of the Life of Alice Washington Question 1 Based on the Kozol reading about the relate the way the conversation between Alice and her mother can be related to race, class and gender issues impacting Alice’s social reality. Question 2 Based on the Putnam reading what is your understanding of the two […]
Write a skeptical argument according to which we could be brains in a vat (rather than regular humans, as we assume) in premise-conclusion form and explain the argument.
There is an outline down below. If it is possible, try to go according to that. In addition, focus on filling out Putnam’s view you’ll need to include his theory about reference: that language only refers when there’s an appropriate causal connection in place. Prompt: On Skepticism (Putnam, “Brains in a Vat”) Put the skeptical […]