• creativesoul
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    Saying "this is a hand" while gesturing with one's hand is a meaningful use of language. If one knows that their hands are called "hands", then one knows that one has things called "hands". Hands are the things we call "hands". If one knows that we have things called "hands", one knows that we have hands. If one knows that we have hands, and knows that we call hands "hands", then one surely knows that "this is a hand" is true. The "is true" in the preceding sentence is superfluous here.
  • Michael
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    The argument is:

    Here is one hand,
    And here is another.
    There are at least two external objects in the world.
    Therefore, an external world exists.

    I don't understand what you're trying to add to this.
  • creativesoul
    11.9k


    It was more about Witt's remarks in OC.
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