Diogenes: Are We All Liars?
Diogenes was a controversial philosopher in Hellas (Greece) during the end of the Classical period. Among his stunts was to carry a lamp during the day, claiming to seek an honest man. That he was…
Category: Epistemology
Midnight Perambulation of Thought: Appearance & Occam’s Razor
But, first(!) an apology: I’ve not been updating actively…, or, rather, at all for the last couple of months. Learning to cope with my new environment, and taking thought for the Big Plans, have required…
The Importance of Truth to Me
It wasn’t until the ninth of last month, September, that I began blogging daily. Thus, I missed posting a notice of my essay on my FaceBook page about one of the values most important to…
Post Topic Backlog
I have more ideas for weblog posts than time I can afford to compose them. So, I wish to record them, so I don’t let any “slip through the cracks” [of my skull]. Epistemology: Justification…
Epistemology: Truth (part 2)
In the previous continuation on a tutorial series on Epistemology, the topic in Philosophy dealing with how we know, what we can know, and even what is ‘knowledge’, I began discussing the first qualifier of…
Epistemology: Truth (part 1)
Continuing this tutorial series of posts on Epistemology, from defining knowledge and belief, we shall consider the ascendant qualifier for knowledge of belief, being true. This one is quite a bit stickier a wicket. This…
Epistemology: Belief
Epistemology is the topic in Philosophy dealing with the nature of knowledge and how we can know. Of course, epistemologists are those that think, reason, and argue about it. Among epistemologists, a popular definition of…