Do you think it's philosophically possible to know anything, for certain?

[Thuy Vuong]

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"Do you think it's philosophically possible to know anything, for
certain?"

Happy discussing


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[David Reich]

I'm a bit too lazy to write up a researched opening argument now, but I'm tempted to argue a religious point, a la later Descartes/Leibniz, just for the sake of argument -- should I?

As an aside - I'd appreciate it if this debate were kept a bit more formal than the others, just to see how it goes. That means grammar/spelling, organized and coherent arguments, and thinking out ideas beforehand.  Sound good?

[Quoc-Thuy Vuong]

I second this notion, however I do enjoy the absence of citation for that restricts the amount of arguments being told.

Now for the topic, I believe that nothing can be philosophically known, only psychologically. If, for example, we believe that one dollar is equal to 100 yen, then that isn't any philosophical nor physical knowledge, only psychologically. We all believe that it equals 100 yen.

Cheers