If your senses can be this fraught with inconsistencies, discrepancies, and errors (and they often are), how can you ever be sure that the world is as it appears to be? Can you really know anything? How would you answer these skeptical concerns?

No one can be sure that the world is as it appears to be. Everyone perceives the world around them in their own uniquely individualized way, so it is impossible for a person to really know anything. However, not all things are as tricky as bright stars that appear to be planets in the end.

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Academic.Tips. 2022. "If your senses can be this fraught with inconsistencies, discrepancies, and errors (and they often are), how can you ever be sure that the world is as it appears to be? Can you really know anything? How would you answer these skeptical concerns?" July 22, 2022. https://academic.tips/question/if-your-senses-can-be-this-fraught-with-inconsistencies-discrepancies-and-errors-and-they-often-are-how-can-you-ever-be-sure-that-the-world-is-as-it-appears-to-be-can-you-really-know-anything-h/.

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Academic.Tips. "If your senses can be this fraught with inconsistencies, discrepancies, and errors (and they often are), how can you ever be sure that the world is as it appears to be? Can you really know anything? How would you answer these skeptical concerns?" July 22, 2022. https://academic.tips/question/if-your-senses-can-be-this-fraught-with-inconsistencies-discrepancies-and-errors-and-they-often-are-how-can-you-ever-be-sure-that-the-world-is-as-it-appears-to-be-can-you-really-know-anything-h/.

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"If your senses can be this fraught with inconsistencies, discrepancies, and errors (and they often are), how can you ever be sure that the world is as it appears to be? Can you really know anything? How would you answer these skeptical concerns?" Academic.Tips, 22 July 2022, academic.tips/question/if-your-senses-can-be-this-fraught-with-inconsistencies-discrepancies-and-errors-and-they-often-are-how-can-you-ever-be-sure-that-the-world-is-as-it-appears-to-be-can-you-really-know-anything-h/.

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