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Reformed epistemologists accept the existence of the external world because
{ 1 } - we can prove conclusively that there is an external world.
{ 2 } - the evidence for the external world is stronger than the evidence against it.
{ 3 } - it has better life consequences to believe in the external world than not to believe in it.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
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Reformed epistemologists accept the existence of the external world because
{ 1 } - we can prove conclusively that there is an external world.
{ 2 } - the evidence for the external world is stronger than the evidence against it.
{ 3 } - it has better life consequences to believe in the external world than not to believe in it.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Reformed epistemologists don't think that this can be proved.
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Reformed epistemologists accept the existence of the external world because
{ 1 } - we can prove conclusively that there is an external world.
{ 2 } - the evidence for the external world is stronger than the evidence against it.
{ 3 } - it has better life consequences to believe in the external world than not to believe in it.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Reformed epistemologists say that we need no evidence to believe in the external world. The existence of the external world is a "properly basic belief" -- one that needs no evidence or argument on its behalf.
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Reformed epistemologists accept the existence of the external world because
{ 1 } - we can prove conclusively that there is an external world.
{ 2 } - the evidence for the external world is stronger than the evidence against it.
{ 3 } - it has better life consequences to believe in the external world than not to believe in it.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
This is the pragmatist answer.
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Reformed epistemologists accept the existence of the external world because
{ 1 } - we can prove conclusively that there is an external world.
{ 2 } - the evidence for the external world is stronger than the evidence against it.
{ 3 } - it has better life consequences to believe in the external world than not to believe in it.
{ 4 } - none of the above.
Reformed epistemologists say that the existence of the external world is a "properly basic belief" -- one that needs no evidence or argument on its behalf.
We can't prove that our experience of the external world is genuine; we just have to trust that it is.
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