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Epistemology...?

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-29 22:56 ID:LKoDQfU1

Say I were to make the statement "You cannot be absolutely certain about anything." If true, it would mean that I cannot be certain about the statement. So a claim that seems to make sense to me, falls apart.

Another related claim, this time from strong agnosticism "It is impossible to have any knowledge of and god(s)". I don't see anything wrong with that right away, but upon closer inspection it seems that i am claiming that i know something about god, namely that it is impossible to know anything about it.

Tell me about all-encompassing statements that also refer to themselves, is there a way around it?

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-29 23:03 ID:Heaven

68% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-30 2:51 ID:Heaven

>>2
No, 87.3387% of them are.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-30 4:21 ID:Heaven

>>3
As a wise friend told me back in 9th grade:
FRACTIONS ARE NOT FUNNY.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-31 8:57 ID:Heaven

Not, that's the point of a paradox, which is what those statements are.

And the basic one-line paradox: This statement is false.

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-31 23:27 ID:poHpH7Ek

hello welcome to skeptacism

Name: Anonymous 2007-03-31 23:30 ID:poHpH7Ek

"It is impossible to have any knowledge of and god(s)"

This doesn’t necessarily mean we have knowledge of god in making this claim, just knowledge of ourselves.

Name: Anonymous 2007-04-01 1:44 ID:gaKt+YOB

>>7
zing.

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