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What concept did Putnam challenge in his critique of the "brain in a vat" thought experiment?

  • Epistemological Skepticism

  • Philosophical Determinism

  • Ethical Altruism

  • Ontological Naturalism

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Epistemological skepticism is the belief that we cannot know anything for certain. Hilary Putnam challenged this concept in his critique of the "brain in a vat" thought experiment. He argued that even if we are brains in a vat, we can still know that we are brains in a vat.
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