by Vincent | Sep 21, 2023 | Knowledge, Philosophy
In the first article of this series, we established that the world as is and the world as perceived are separate entities. In the second article, we deduced the infallibility of knowledge, and the need for a rigorous, systematic approach knowledge acquisition. In the...
by Vincent | Sep 21, 2022 | Knowledge, Philosophy
The world is a complex place. Even without considering how recent developments in technology have multiplied manyfold the average person’s access to information, the amount of raw stuff that can be crammed into a human brain by their early teens is phenomenal....
by Vincent | Mar 16, 2022 | Knowledge, Philosophy
In the previous article, we introduced the idea that the mind splits the world into abstractions for both for ease of understanding and to facilitate communication. We discussed how some abstractions are more useful than others for building practical models from which...
by Vincent | Mar 15, 2022 | Knowledge, Philosophy
In the previous article we touched upon how nothing can ever be “proven” to be true. This is because no matter how many examples of a particular observation we corroborate, (a process known as inductive reasoning), it only takes one example to the contrary...
