Human beings are not merely disembodied brains being fed artificial sensory stimuli from some external source. Boristiki says that there is no connexion drawn between knowledge, which is mentioned in the major and minor premises, and the essential nature of humanity. He notices that there is a suppressed premise which states that knowledge dictates what human beings essentially are. Boristiki is, in fact, correct. If human beings derive knowledge from sources other than sensory stimuli, and human beings are defined by their collective knowledge , then human beings are not merely disembodied brains being fed artificial sensory stimuli from some external source.
Human beings derive knowledge from sources other than sensory stimuli, such as intuition.
Human beings are not merely disembodied brains being fed artificial sensory stimuli from some external source. Art argues that the syllogism does not offer any basis for the premise that human beings are defined by their collective knowledge. Art suggests that perhaps human beings are defined simply by biological makeup, by ability to reason, or by divine decree. In fact, Art says, there are so many theories regarding the true nature of humanity that a syllogism containing one of these theories as a major premise is inherently flawed. Alas, Art is correct.