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George Edward Moore
Also known as: George Edward Moore, G.E. Moore
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Epistemology - Belief, Justification, Rationality | Britannica britannica.com Mar 13, 2026 5 facts
claimG.E. Moore argued that knowing that a proposition p is true is not a sufficient condition for the proposition p to be certain, as one can know a proposition without it being certain.
claimG.E. Moore contended that a thing cannot be certain unless it is known, distinguishing certainty from truth by noting that a thing that nobody knows may be true but cannot be certain.
claimIn his 1941 paper "Certainty," G.E. Moore identified four main idioms in which the word "certain" is commonly used: "I feel certain that," "I am certain that," "I know for certain that," and "It is certain that."
claimG.E. Moore concluded that a necessary condition for the truth of the statement 'It is certain that p' is that somebody must know that p.
claimG.E. Moore argued that the statements "I know for certain that p" and "It is certain that p" cannot be true unless the proposition p is true.
Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 3 facts
claimG. E. Moore argued that an argument succeeds only to the extent that its premises are more plausible than its conclusion.
claimG. E. Moore argued that an argument succeeds only to the extent that its premises are more plausible than its conclusion, suggesting that if the denial of a conclusion is more plausible than the premises, one can turn the argument on its head.
claimG. E. Moore proposed that if the denial of an argument's conclusion is more plausible than the argument's premises, one can invert the argument to support the denial of the conclusion.
Consciousness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2025 ... plato.stanford.edu Jun 18, 2004 2 facts
perspectiveG.E. Moore believed that individuals could become aware of the qualities of their sensory experience through effort and the redirection of attention.
claimG.E. Moore (1922) described conscious perceptual experience as "diaphanous" or transparent, suggesting that individuals look through their sensory experience to be directly aware of external objects and events.
Understanding epistemology and its key approaches in research cefcambodia.com Jan 21, 2023 2 facts
formulaCarter and Littlejohn (2021) formalized George Edward Moore's response to skepticism as a logical argument: (1) Here are two hands; (2) If hands exist, then there is an external world; (3) Therefore, there is an external world.
claimGeorge Edward Moore, a 20th-century common-sense philosopher, argued that humans know many things they think they know and that the skeptical conclusion of universal ignorance is mistaken.
Epistemology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 1 fact
claimG. E. Moore placed common sense at the center of his epistemology.
Epistemology grokipedia.com 1 fact
claimG. E. Moore countered skepticism in 'Proof of the External World' by holding up his hands as evidence, asserting that if such known facts exist, then an external world exists, prioritizing everyday certainties over abstract doubt.
Naturalized Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Jul 5, 2001 1 fact
claimThe view that we already know the skeptic is wrong and need not refute them is similar to views endorsed by G. E. Moore.
Epistemology (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy/Fall 2019 Edition) plato.stanford.edu Dec 14, 2005 1 fact
referenceG.E. Moore published 'Philosophical Papers' in 1959.