Timon of Phlius argued for this concept in attacking the deductive basis for the Aristotelian worldview, a stronger argument for this position than that put forth by his tutor.
One formulator of an argument supporting this concept was accused of blasphemy by two theologians from Leiden University, and had to ask William II, Prince of Orange, to intervene so as to avoid being condemned. Timon of Phlius argued for this concept in attacking the deductive basis for the Aristotelian worldview, a stronger argument for this position than that put forth by his tutor. One thinker's body part-referencing counter to this basic philosophical position sparked an entire summer of metaphysical debate with Norman Malcolm and was first discussed in A Defence of Common Sense. That thinker was inspired by Philip Gosse's Omphalos to formulate a variation of the five-minute world argument concerning this concept in his (*) Proof of an External World. G.E. Moore referenced the advocacy of Pyrrho of Elis – as related by Sextus Empiricus – to argue against this concept, also challenged by Hilary Putnam dude to the inherenit incoherence reflected by the "brain in a vat" experiment. Famously put forth by Descartes in his "evil demon" thought experiment, FTP, identify this philosophical position contrasted with "animal faith" by George Santayana, characterized by the essential tenet that human knowledge is impossible.
One formulator of an argument supporting this concept was accused of blasphemy by two theologians from Leiden University, and had to ask William II, Prince of Orange, to intervene so as to avoid being condemned.
philosophical {skepticism} (prompt on "evil demon" until mentioned)