Craig, This is basically a question of epistemology. What is knowledge, and how do we know what is true knowledge.
Ultimately, since there is no direct knowledge of actual reality since it's all filtered through and interpreted within our own minds, the only true test of true knowledge is internal consistency across maximum scope. Edgar On Saturday, February 8, 2014 11:25:56 PM UTC-5, Craig Weinberg wrote: > > How do you know that you are really reading these words? > > People misread things all the time. Maybe it just feels like you are > reading them? You could be having a brain aneurism. Logically, there is no > way to prove that you are reading these words right now. > > The fact that you might not really be reading these words correctly (if at > all) might be offensive to the real words. To avoid passing judgment on > those other words, we must assume that it is no more likely that we are > reading these words as it is that we are not. > > What is the logical way out of this? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
