J.L. Schellenberg - Realism vs. Anti-realism

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What are anti-realists and why do they deny objective reality? What we know of the world must come through our senses and be processed by our brains. Both can be unreliable; illusions can fool our senses and illness or injury can disrupt our brains. Therefore, can we ever be sure that anything outside ourselves is truly what it seems?

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J.L. (John) Schellenberg is a Canadian philosopher known both for his atheism and for his defense of a broader skepticism compatible with atheism — a form of skepticism which, as it happens, opens a path to a new evolutionary brand of religion.

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