Okay, so this is getting into a matter of semantics & precise definitions. He was sloppy with his language but what he's getting at is right
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Replying to @RationalDis @BatteredBirb
We can only have certainly in proportion to the evidence & information available. It has yet to be shown that we can have perfect knowledge-
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therefore we can not be absolutely certain about anything outside of our minds existing.
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Replying to @DoonQ_ @BatteredBirb
Except you can't know i.e. be absolutely certain, that anything exists outside of your mind, unless you solved hard solipsism.
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Yeah, I can't know that we aren't & I don't think you can show that we aren't. We act as if we aren't because of pragmatism.
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All of our reasoning is based on the Logical Absolutes & those have to be presupposed. Therefore everything is uncertain to some degree.
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This isn't even getting into what Peter was talking about with our observations.
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