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{{Short description|1925 essay by G. E. Moore}} "'''A Defence of Common Sense'''" is a 1925 [[essay]] by [[philosopher]] [[G. E. Moore]]. In it, he attempts to refute [[Epistemological_nihilism#Epistemology_and_skepticism|absolute skepticism (or nihilism)]] by arguing that at least some of our established beliefs about the world are absolutely certain, so they can be legitimately called "[[fact]]s". Moore argues that these beliefs are [[common sense]].
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