Logical Form
The skeptical argument takes the form of modus ponens:
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- If A then B.
- A.
- Therefore B.
Moore's argument flips the modus ponens structure into a modus tollens:
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- If A then B.
- Not B.
- Therefore not A.
This illustrates Fred Dretske's aphorism that "ne man's modus ponens is another man's modus tollens"
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