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Question: Does anybody really know anything about anything!?
or is it all just hot air and smoke and mirrors!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes, but in rather limited domains and the Gettier examples don't work!.

Knowledge is justified true belief!. It's a little like the concept of a perfect sphere in that it doesn't exist in the real world, except that there is a little that can be known, in three categories!.

It's possible to know mathematical truths, for example 1+1=2!.
It's possible to know logical truths, for example P=>P!.
Finally, it's possible to know some phenomenological truths, such as "time is passing", "there is an experience"!.

These are not particularly useful in some contexts, but they can be!. For instance, phenomenological knowledge is useful in therapy, mathematics is just generally important and logic is useful in argument and the likes of computer programming and design!. The trouble is that computers are "out there" in the world and can't be known to exist!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I don't think so, but I dont think its all hot air and smoke and mirrors; although there are some people who are that that tricky/whistling in the dark; most of us are floundering around in the mud spit and bullets!.

I think as a temporary resting place " I dont know anything about anything" is very refreshing and life affirming still loads of lovely life lessons to learn!.

I decide on temporary theories as I journey through my life and am mostly proved wrong in the actual research and the paradigm shifts so that not knowing and knowing become part of the same process of learning and change!.

The ground gets very boggy indeed when I meet someone who actually thinks they know everything about everything - I give them a wide berth they dont need me to shore up their sense of self!.

I hang out with other don't knowers its more fruitful!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Seems real while you are experiencing it!.
Are we not all in a state of hypnosis!?
see; http://www!.luciddreaming!.com
We are all very sophisticated Holigraphic expression of God!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, I know some things about some thing, but I would never claim to know everything about everything!. We all know what we know, which is limited!. But we do still know!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is right here!.

Convert anything to anything else

http://www!.onlineconversion!.com/Www@QuestionHome@Com

The wise man says that we are only truly free to admit that we know nothing once we have learned everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Or how do we know that we know!?
I do not know!
" One thing I know, I know nothing"Www@QuestionHome@Com

You've just answered your own question!.

Now that you finally know that, have a nice day!.Www@QuestionHome@Com