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How have your views concerning the topic you covered in your final (absolute certainty) changed...?

how have my views changed during my philosophy course. this is for anyone that have taking a philosophy class:over eastern, westeren philosophers. I choose to write about absolute certainty becasue I feel there is now way to be certain about anything. Please help if you can...The reading amterial that I had for this class was Philosophy: the Power of Ideas 6th Edition


P.S. If you have no history with dealing with philosophy can you tell me your doubts on absolute certainty...


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I had those SAME thoughts about not being able to know ANYTHING right around the time i was finishing up my Philosophy degree too.

I think the BA in Philosophy puts you in a place where you realize that you know VERY little...lol.. And it makes you question what you thought you knew already.

Absolute certainty is a beautiful thing... it can be attained as the Sophist already said above from applying accurate logical analyes to true premises...

Of course, first we have to agree on our understanding of what is "accurate logic," and what is "true," and then we have to assume that we can REALLY know the content of any logically "true" conclusion, and finally, we have to assume that this conclusion represents something ACTUALLY existing in reality, and that it doesnt just represent our ideas ABOUT things-in-the-world.