Most empiricism stuff and deductive knowledge through logic can be certain. 2+2 = 4 — Deus
"The future's uncertainI am asking about how much is certain and uncertain in life experiences and knowledge? — Jack Cummins
"Only in uncertaintyWhat is the tension between the certain and uncertain in philosophical understanding?
Known knowns are a minute subset of known unknowns which are an infiniesmal subset of unknown unknowns. –180 Proof's Law — 180 Proof
"The future's uncertain
And the end is always near"
~JDM
What is the tension between the certain and uncertain in philosophical understanding?
"Only in uncertainty
are we naked
and alive"
~PG — 180 Proof
So, I am asking about how much is certain and uncertain in life experiences and knowledge? — Jack Cummins
So, I am asking about how much is certain and uncertain in life experiences and knowledge? What is the tension between the certain and uncertain in philosophical understanding? — Jack Cummins
However doubt presupposes the indubitable, don't you think? — 180 Proof
I disagree. When there are publicly accessible grounds to doubt, doubting is not subjective and not to doubt is subjective.Doubting is purely subjective, whereas the indubitable is objective. — Pantagruel
Referring back to the OP: "uncertainty in philosophy" is doubt; "uncertainty in life" is emotional confusion and/or unquantifiable risk. The latter is more urgent yet less profound than the former though. Life seems a game in which we never have enough time to learn enough of its rules in order to make the best moves. So, Jack, angst or amor fati? (i.e. neurosis or psychosis? – or, instead, skepsis?) The Absurd says 'God does not play with loaded dice.' — 180 Proof
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