Ah yes Platt, the old ones are the best ... the axiom that there are no axioms.
We cannot be "certain" Platt, in any sense that would satisfy a person who refuses to see the value in recursion, we can only be wise and enlightened, as I actually said. Ian On 6/27/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > David, Marsha, Gav > > > > Exactly right ... in any literal or "scientific" sense we know nothing > > with any logical certainty (if enlightened, we know in the wise sense > > that Gav points out), and knowing that it becomes a matter of knowing > > what you believe, and a pragmatic question of what to do with that > > so-called knowledge - something constructive, something valuable, > > something good. > > > > Ian > > If we know nothing with logical certainty, how I can we be certain we know > nothing? > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > moq_discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
