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Moore's Argument For The Existence Of God

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But Moore’s argument does, in fact, beg the question. The issue is either whether or not an external world exists, or whether or not we can know an external world exists. Suppose the former is the issue. In asserting ‘here is a hand,’ Moore is taking the word ‘hand’ to refer to an object that exists outside his mind. That is, he asserting that there is an object in the external world. Therefore he is assuming the conclusion of the argument, that there is an external world, or, in other words, that objects (hands) exist external to his mind. Now, suppose latter is the issue. In that case, Moore is saying ‘I know that this is a hand,’ and concluding ‘therefore, I know that an external world exists.’ In this case, too, Moore is assuming that the
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