It is a commonly-used example of how one may maintain extreme philosophical skepticism with regards to memory.
Other scholars know him particularly for his work on philosophical skepticism.
These ideas are generally related to nihilism, philosophical skepticism and relativism.
Classical philosophical skepticism derives from the 'Skeptikoi', a school who "asserted nothing".
In philosophical skepticism, pyrrhonism is a position that refrains from making truth claims.
Empiricism is a closely related, but not identical, position to philosophical skepticism.
Advocates of philosophical skepticism claim that man cannot know anything with certainty, much less be infallible.
Buddhism places less emphasis on truth and knowledge than western philosophical skepticism.
The simplest use of brain-in-a-vat scenarios is as an argument for philosophical skepticism and solipsism.
"philosophical skepticism is an overall approach that requires all new information to be well supported by evidence."