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Epistemology 4: Foundational Thinking

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...

Epistemology 1: Reality and The Mind

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. Layers...

Epistemology 2: What Does it Mean to Know?

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...

Epistemology 3: The Causal Myth

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 to prove...

Epistemology 4: Foundational Thinking

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...

Epistemology 2: What Does it Mean to Know?

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...

Epistemology 3: The Causal Myth

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 to prove...

Epistemology 4: Foundational Thinking

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...

Epistemology 3: The Causal Myth

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 to prove...

Epistemology 4: Foundational Thinking

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...

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