Moorean shift
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The Moorean shift is a philosophical argumentative strategy, inspired by G. E. Moore, that reverses a skeptical argument by affirming common-sense premises and rejecting the skeptic’s conclusion instead.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Moorean shift canonical | 2 |
| Moorean argument | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moorean shift Context triple: [G. E. Moore, notableIdea, Moorean shift]
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Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula
The Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula was the long, uneven process by which the regions of modern Spain and Portugal gradually adopted Christianity from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, shaped by Roman, Visigothic, and later Reconquista-era influences.
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Sabaic
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Haketia
Haketia is a Judeo-Spanish dialect historically spoken by Sephardic Jews in northern Morocco and parts of Gibraltar, characterized by strong influences from Moroccan Arabic and Hebrew.
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Seraiki
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Reconquista
The Reconquista was the centuries-long series of Christian campaigns to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule, culminating in 1492 with the fall of Granada and the consolidation of Spanish Christian kingdoms.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moorean shift Target entity description: The Moorean shift is a philosophical argumentative strategy, inspired by G. E. Moore, that reverses a skeptical argument by affirming common-sense premises and rejecting the skeptic’s conclusion instead.
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A.
Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula
The Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula was the long, uneven process by which the regions of modern Spain and Portugal gradually adopted Christianity from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, shaped by Roman, Visigothic, and later Reconquista-era influences.
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B.
Sabaic
Sabaic is an ancient South Arabian Semitic language once used in inscriptions and documents in what is now Yemen.
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C.
Haketia
Haketia is a Judeo-Spanish dialect historically spoken by Sephardic Jews in northern Morocco and parts of Gibraltar, characterized by strong influences from Moroccan Arabic and Hebrew.
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D.
Seraiki
Seraiki is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in central and southern Pakistan, especially in the southern Punjab region.
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E.
Reconquista
The Reconquista was the centuries-long series of Christian campaigns to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Muslim rule, culminating in 1492 with the fall of Granada and the consolidation of Spanish Christian kingdoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
argumentative move
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philosophical argumentative strategy ⓘ |
| aimsAt | reversing skeptical arguments ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
brain-in-a-vat skepticism
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dream skepticism ⓘ evil demon skepticism ⓘ |
| basedOn | Moorean common sense philosophy ⓘ |
| characteristicFeature |
affirms common-sense premises
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rejects skeptic’s conclusion ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
conceding skeptical conclusion
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undermining everyday knowledge claims ⓘ |
| critiquedFor |
alleged question-begging against the skeptic
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relying on controversial priority of common sense ⓘ |
| defendedAs | legitimate appeal to more certain premises ⓘ |
| epistemicStance | conservative about common sense ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy | epistemologists ⓘ |
| exampleOf | anti-skeptical strategy ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of perception ⓘ |
| hasStructure | if skeptical hypothesis were true, we would not know ordinary propositions; but we do know ordinary propositions; therefore skeptical hypothesis is false ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
A Defence of Common Sense
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surface form:
G. E. Moore’s “A Defence of Common Sense”
Proof of an External World ⓘ
surface form:
G. E. Moore’s “Proof of an External World”
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| inspiredBy | G. E. Moore ⓘ |
| language | English term ⓘ |
| logicalForm |
denies skeptic’s conclusion instead of skeptic’s premises
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treats skeptic’s argument as modus tollens and replies with modus ponens ⓘ |
| method | reversing direction of implication in skeptical argument ⓘ |
| namedAfter | G. E. Moore ⓘ |
| presupposes | greater certainty of common-sense beliefs than of skeptical premises ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Moorean shift
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Moorean argument
Moorean facts ⓘ epistemic closure ⓘ external world skepticism ⓘ skeptical argument ⓘ |
| supportsView | we know many ordinary propositions about the external world ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
responses to external world skepticism
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responses to radical skepticism ⓘ |
| usedInDebate |
debates over closure principles for knowledge
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debates over knowledge of the external world ⓘ debates over skepticism about other minds ⓘ |
| uses | common-sense premises ⓘ |
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Subject: Moorean shift Description of subject: The Moorean shift is a philosophical argumentative strategy, inspired by G. E. Moore, that reverses a skeptical argument by affirming common-sense premises and rejecting the skeptic’s conclusion instead.
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Moorean argument