And this balance. 'Objective knowledge impossible but aim productive' which makes truth a matter of pragmatism & very much secondary. Vs https://twitter.com/ulyssesnewcomb/status/923715551796502529 …
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People who make the aim for objective truth primary but acknowledge that we cannot be absolutely sure of it. Difference in foregrounding.
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I wonder how much of this comes down to personality type. Ppl who are fulfilled by knowing things & ppl who love messiness & unknowability.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I think there are many propositions we can know with near-certainty, while others will remain permanently mysterious. And in-between too.
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Replying to @brendonbrewer
Well, you'll succeed in annoying practically everyone then. I'm inclined to agree.
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