Here is a hand is the name of a philosophical argument created by George Edward Moore against philosophical skepticism and in support of common sense.
The argument takes the form:
- This is a hand.
- Here is another hand.
- There are at least two external objects in the world.
- Therefore an external world exists.
Read more about Here Is A Hand: Introduction, Explanation, Logical Form, Effect
Famous quotes containing the words here is and/or hand:
“Lay again
your head here, here;
there is no pain,
no disenchantment, no, nor evil spell
can ever touch you.”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)
“His leanings were strictly lyrical, descriptions of nature and emotions came to him with surprising facility, but on the other hand he had a lot of trouble with routine items, such as, for instance, the opening and closing of doors, or shaking hands when there were numerous characters in a room, and one person or two persons saluted many people.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)