Accessing knowledge through past theories
You raise the question whether using earlier theories, which are superseded by newer theories, one can (or even could ever) access knowledge? (I am not a physicist, but I do not think…
Read moreExperience and truth
Of course, you can use Kant (or anyone other philosopher of your liking) to talk about what experience is. But if you use these thinkers (of the last 1000 years…
Read moreTruth, belief, intentionality, eudaimonia, ought
I want to respond to three of your points Claus. First you are not talking only about the Greeks and the Romans because all the problems arising with respect to…
Read moreBullshit: True Sentences and Trivialization of Knowledge
Why understanding bullshit is important? Three reasons: (a) there is a very frequent use of the word ‘bullshit’ (mostly in my posts); (b) bullshit has been tied directly to truth…
Read moreTruth vs Usefulness of Theories
1. Speaking about the ‘use’ or the ‘results and effects’ of theories has a very venerable ancestry in the western philosophy. It is called “pragmatism”, if the ‘truth’ is coupled to the…
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