(March 19, 2014 at 12:24 am)orangebox21 Wrote: So is it fair to say you believe the earth is a sphere because you have seen photographs?
Well, I can do the relevant geometry to demonstrate the Earth's spherical shape, so I don't need photographs myself.
Quote:If yes, why do you trust both the photographer and your senses as reliable?
1) Reproduceable.
2) Can be validated personally, given the opportunity.
3) Multiple lines of convergent evidence (geometry, physics, photography, direct experience).
4) As for the senses, what do you mean by "reliable" here?
I know you weren't responding to me, but I interjected here because I have a feeling you're going to try and troll with your, likely, surface understanding of philosophy. I hope I'm wrong, but that seems to be a direction plausibly interpretable from your post. ._.