Re: Patriarchy: Re: What Matriarchy?
William Edward Woody (woody@alumni.caltech.edu)
Fri, 09 Aug 1996 15:36:52 -0700
In article <4ud42b$22qk@argo.unm.edu>, mycol1@unm.edu (Bryant) wrote:
> This, however, is not evidence for Plato's contention that we really
> cannot trust a shred of what our senses tell us, which may be where
> you're going with this.
Actually, we *can't*; I mean, how do you know you're not just a brain
in a glass jar being stimulated by electrodes?
We *assume* our sense tell us the truth, because to assume otherwise
is the way to madness.
- Bill
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