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Author Topic:   How are we justified?
David unfamous
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Message 4 of 30 (27991)
12-27-2002 5:14 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Gzus
12-27-2002 9:00 AM


1: What do you see?
2: I see an apple on the table
1: How do you know that your senses aren’t fooling you?

I will cross reference my observation with others and make a conclusion from the findings.
1: how do you know you aren’t mad?
I maybe, but I'm not blind.
1: how do you know anything?
Learning.
1: then how are you justified in saying there’s an apple on the table
I just ate it and I concluded it was a tasty apple that I saw.
*Walks away chewing apple*

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David unfamous
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Message 7 of 30 (28056)
12-29-2002 10:34 AM
Reply to: Message 6 by Gzus
12-27-2002 5:49 PM


There's a simple solution: Don't care about being justified. I don't care whether I'm justified in saying that.

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