> "zinnic" gate.net> wrote in message
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> On Sep 16, 1:24 am, Immortalist yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> On Sep 15, 7:36 am,zinnicgate.net> wrote:

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>>> On Sep 15, 1:45 am, "curmudgeon" bresnan.net> wrote:

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>>>> "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.-

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> 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!
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> Bees being equal, of course. hehehe
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