"zinnic"
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On Sep 16, 1:24 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:> On Sep 15, 7:36 am,zinnic
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>>> On Sep 15, 1:45 am, "curmudgeon"
bresnan.net> wrote:>
>>> "To beat the skeptics at their own game, let's doubt absolutely
>>> everything
>>> we
>>> know, in order to discover what knowledge we can be certain of."
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>>> Rene Descartes 1596 - 1650
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>>> Rene Descartes was a Rationalist, meaning that he believed that you
>>> can know
>>> things without having to rely on senses experience.
>>> Those are called innate ideas, or primary ideas.
>>> Other information gathered from experience is called secondary.
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>>> Rene Descartes also believed that everything that he knew, or believed
>>> he
>>> knew, came from his senses, and sensory experience is inherently
>>> suspect.
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>> In my experience, to admit that one is not CERTAIN of anything still
>> leaves a pragmatic approximation that serves life well enough!
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> Are you certain that we are not certain? If it is undertiminable then we
> may or may not be certainly right, but we cannot tell which.-
How many times must we go round the mulberry bush if we are not
certain of our uncertainty? I cut my losses a long time ago and opted
for the 'certainty' of uncerrtain approximations! : {
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Sean
I'm certain, in fact i know, if you do that in mid-late springtime, you'll
get purple feet [ or footwear] ! 100%% True, I know!
Bees being equal, of course. hehehe
OK, end of comic relief. Do carry on.
