Timeline for All we know is that we know nothing? Can we know anything?
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| Feb 24 at 0:22 | comment | added | Wilson Brians | "only a philosopher or an idiot would take such a proposition seriously" - well, this is philosophy stack exchange. Appealing to ordinary common sense can never work as a philosophical argument. "In what meaningful sense they cannot be absolute" - absolutely that can be questioned, just read Hume's argument for doubting something as foundational as cause and effect. | |
| Jul 6, 2023 at 10:13 | comment | added | Professor Sushing | @MatthewChristopherBartsh you are far too kind! If ever you need a chuckle, consider looking at theawfulauthor.com | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 22:10 | comment | added | Matthew Christopher Bartsh | "The scope of human knowledge (I will modestly skip over my own) is vast." That had me laughing out loud. That's a good one. "Elvis did not win an Olympic gold medal". That produced a chuckle. Also, I think the answer contains much truth. +1 | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 7:54 | comment | added | Professor Sushing | @thinkingman Cheers! Your comments definitely chime with the frame of mind I was in when I typed the answer. | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 7:17 | comment | added | user62907 | Great answer. Postulating a brain in the vat scenario to anyone not immersed in philosophy would immediately call it instinctually ridiculous. It’s almost like we have a built in instinct to not trust wild scenarios that can’t be demonstrated and yet the more we delve into philosophy, the mere mention of these ideas seem to give it more credence than they actually deserve | |
| Jul 5, 2023 at 5:33 | history | answered | Professor Sushing | CC BY-SA 4.0 |