If something is in principle, by definition, *unknowable*, then it seems to be in principle, by definition, *nonexistent*; is there a term for this thing?
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....i should clarify, is there a term for this principle/realization, not for the 'thing' in-of-itself
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This is why there is no real difference between agnosticism and atheism. If God is really unknowable as the agnostics claim, then he is basically non-existent as atheists claim. But if he has revealed himself in time and space, as most religions claim, then he does exist.
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While I do think there's not really a meaningful difference between atheists and agnostics, I also meant something different in my original tweet that I'm realizing now I should explain in more, better words
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The unknowable does not exist. One of the quests of human life is converting the unknowable to understandable.
Sorry, I don't know the answer to your specific question at this point.
A void makes it nonexistent. Typically one is unaware and thus ignorant
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yeah this is one way of looking at american pragmatism, a philosophy that diverges from analytical philosophy in specifically this way
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