Tag Archives: thought
Belief versus Conclusion
Please read the “About and Disclaimer” page. For the sake of understanding this article, let belief refer to the accepting of an idea as reality, thinking as merely possessing that idea, and conviction as merely one’s logical (or illogical) conclusion … Continue reading
Concerning the Acceptance of Ideas
It is foolish for a person to regard all ideas they are told as truth because it allows untrustworthy ideas to be consider truth just as easily as trustworthy ideas. For trustworthy ideas to succeed in being more dominant in … Continue reading
Apple in the Room – Discovering How You Know Nothing
Please read the About and Disclaimer section. This article is an attempt to provide a practical approach to understanding concepts like infinite knowledge gap. Coming to the conclusion that you know nothing usually results in you learning how it happens … Continue reading
Simple Definition of Know
Please read the About and Disclaimer section. To “know” something means that the possessed idea corresponds directly to reality (and hence, is not flawed). One way of thinking of this is to say that you can apply the idea to … Continue reading
Rene Descartes – “I think therefore I am”
Please read the about and disclaimer page. This is an opinion article on the basis of its statements about Rene Descartes and his interpretation. The validity of my interpretation is independent of my opinions about Descartes. Historians tell us that … Continue reading
Introduction to this Blog
Philosophy is a very difficult thing to write about accurately. That statement alone means so much I have a hard time even beginning to describe what I mean by that. If I thought deeply about it, I might rephrase that … Continue reading