In a two-page essay (500 words), Do you think the Senses Can Account for All of Our Knowledge? Outline Hume’s objection to the use of inductive reasoning
to secure knowledge about how things will be in the future. How does Hume’s objection here represent his empiricism, and his skepticism? Do you believe
that Hume’s discussion of induction has any practical value? If so, what is it? If not, why do you think that it is considered an important part of epistemology?
In 200 words outline Descartes’ discussion of the “evil genius” and the potential that we are being fooled by him. What work does this do in Descartes’
discussion of knowledge? What should we doubt, according to Descartes, given the possibility of such an evil genius?