Challenging the evidence from epistemology
You wrote in your notebook that the chance that our sensory system truly reflects reality if it was created by a random process is zero. I wanted to ask if it’s possible to say that there were infinite attempts to create the match, and then the chance isn’t that low.
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There have been countless attempts, none of which we are familiar with. This is a very weak ad hoc excuse.
Beyond that, the argument from the senses is ‘theological’ and not ‘philosophical’ (see the first stanza, fourth conversation). Therefore, even if the senses reflect reality, you have no way of knowing this. So why do you still assume this? For details on the distinction between these two types of argument, it is worth reading there.
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