Bertrand Russell's "Appearance and Reality" and D.Z Philips"What Can I Know" (Essay Sample)

BERTRAND RUSSELL'S "APPEARANCE AND REALITY" AND D.Z PHILIPS"WHAT CAN I KNOW" Name Institution Affiliation Course Date of Submission Bertrand Russell's "Appearance and Reality" and D.Z Philips"What Can I Know" Question one The following evidence by Russell actually argues that our senses cannot give us knowledge of the table.Bertrand Russell writes in the book problems of philosophy that our perceptions will always give us the image that is not exact reality of the object we are looking at. He argues that the human perception will always change depending on several factors. In his argument about the knowledge of the table, Russell says that the perception of the table changes from one observer to next observer and the reality constantly eludes all of the observers. This may depend on the position of the observer in which case one observer standing directly to the table may see a rectangle top while another observer standing at an angle to the table may see a parallelogram or another different shape. Likewise he continues to argue that another reason why our senses can give us the knowledge of the table is because it can be influenced by exterior factors. To this conclusion he uses an instance of three individuals who are at three different states: one is drunk, another is actually sick, and the last otherone is color blind. According to him the drunkenviewer will actually see a table that is obviously...