Wed 26 May, 2010 02:54 pm - [QUOTE=kennethamy;168088]No, I am saying exactly the contrary. I am saying that[I] it does not follow[/I] from the fact that mistakes are always possible that empirical knowledge is impossible. In... (view)
Mon 24 May, 2010 07:06 am - Hi Kenneth
thanks for taking the time to reply
it's probably true that 'the earth goes round the sun' is a different type of statement to 'Paris is the capital of... (view)
Sun 23 May, 2010 10:37 am - [QUOTE=kennethamy;167504]Of course it is. With one kind of exception [B]every[/B] truth is partly a matter of terminology. But that does not mean it is [B][I]only[/I][/B] a matter of terminology.... (view)
Fri 21 May, 2010 12:24 pm - i like the idea of different types of knowledge
i know that barack obama is the president of the US
i know that 2+2= 4
I know that I ate pizza yesterday
I'm quite happy to use the verb... (view)
Thu 20 May, 2010 06:25 pm - thanks for all the replies
my favourite book mmm very difficult
probably 1984 had a big impact on me
but also La Nausee by sartre - the Trial by kafka
recently the Da Vinci code and Shadows... (view)
Thu 20 May, 2010 05:03 am - :-) xris - thanks for your kind thoughts
i understood some of the stuff - but boy, wittgenstein and that philosophy of mind malarkey left me nonplussed, to say the least, many a time (view)
