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ariel · 16th July 2016, 11:14 PM

I read this thread and smile...

There is a whole branch of philosophy called epistemology, dealing with the problem of knowledge: how do we know that we really know something.

The closest they seem to agree on is that the absense of evidence is not the same as the evidence of absense.

16th July 2016, 11:14 PM	#16
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I read this thread and smile... There is a whole branch of philosophy called epistemology, dealing with the problem of knowledge: how do we know that we really know something. The closest they seem to agree on is that the absense of evidence is not the same as the evidence of absense.