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 RebelSteve33
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 If we know nothing... 
#1274834 - 02/03/03 04:15 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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then how do we know we know nothing???
-rebelsteve
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 TheShroomHermit
Divine Hermit of the Everything
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Becuase everything is it's polar opposite, and George Bush running the country doesn't help either.
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David_Scape
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Well, then maybe all we know is that we know nothing. 
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MrNobody
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Then maybe we don't know that we know nothing...
Which is the same as knowing nothing. 
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Anonymous
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The thing is, as long as we think we know nothing we may as well know nothing, because it has the same effect.
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Joshua
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You can't know you know nothing. As soon as you know it negates the statement. This in my opinion is why we exist.
Joshua
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Great books for inquiring minds!
"Life After Death is Saprophytic!"
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shaggy101
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 Re: If we know nothing... [Re: Joshua]
#1275585 - 02/03/03 08:10 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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you know it
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the universe
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Re: If we know nothing... [Re: shaggy101]
#1275678 - 02/03/03 08:39 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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This is a classic example of why philosophy is at times, a waste of time.
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Prometheus_Unbound
Can't respondI'm banned frompsting & sndingPMs
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Who ever said that we know nothing? Read Descartes "Meditations on First Philosophy" if you're interested in modern scepticism, you will find though that much more is known than what at first appears.
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Anonymous
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Welcome Traveler! 
Please read the "Be Nice" policy if you haven't done so already!
Enjoy your stay.
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Sclorch
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 Re: If we know nothing... [Re: Joshua]
#1275838 - 02/03/03 09:57 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Joshua: You can't know you know nothing. As soon as you know it negates the statement. This in my opinion is why we exist.
Very nice analogy there. 
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RebelSteve33
Amateur Mycologist
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Actually, it was Mr_Mushrooms who said we know nothing. I think he said it in the thread by Adamist about science being mythology.
Perhaps I will take your advice about reading Descartes at a later time in my life when I do not find reading philosophy texts abhorrently boring. Thank you for your kind advice, though!
-RebelSteve
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Murex
Reality Hacker
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This is a classic example of why philosophy is at times, a waste of time.
LOL! I agree.
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What if everything around you
Isn't quite as it seems?
What if all the world you think you know,
Is an elaborate dream?
And if you look at your reflection,
Is it all you want it to be?
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Sclorch
Clyster
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RS: then how do we know we know nothing???
Short Answer: Metaunderstanding.
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RebelSteve33
Amateur Mycologist
Registered: 05/28/02
Posts: 3,774
Loc: Arizona
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Re: If we know nothing... [Re: Sclorch]
#1278946 - 02/04/03 05:32 PM (15 years, 3 months ago) |
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Short Answer: Metaunderstanding.
Could you please elaborate, Sclorch? I could not locate that word in my dictionary.
-RebelSteve
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Namaste.
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Dogomush
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Could you please elaborate, Sclorch? I could not locate that word in my dictionary.
Short answer: You are a cat.
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