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One difference is <s>Putnam concludes you can't tell whether life is an illusion or not</s>, whereas Descartes concludes you can and also god exists. Setupwise
by nerfhammer 11y ago
One difference is <s>Putnam concludes you can't tell whether life is an illusion or not</s>, whereas Descartes concludes you can and also god exists. Setupwise it's essentially the same.
EDIT: I got Putnam wrong. There is still the theistic difference though.
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- hyperpape 11y agoThat's not right. Putnam's argument is explicitly anti-sceptical. See the Stanford Encyclopedia article linked down thread.