Philosopher David Hume is inarguably one of the greatest philosophers ever to write in the English language. One of his arguments is against the fact that our senses give us a reliable belief of the external world. He claims that we know an object exists when we re sensing it, because we re sensing it. (Lecture Cordero) This then raises the question, though, that how can we know, because of our senses, that a thing exists if we re not sensing it? Through examining Hume s argument that our senses do not rationally justify our belief in the external world, one may achieve a greater understanding of the philosophical and moral implications of such a"
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