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3860874 No.3860874 [Reply] [Original]

Epistemology. What's your stance?

>> No.3860891

Whuts Epistemology

>> No.3860896

>>3860874
Epistemology? More like

I pissed in 'em mom's long vaginy

>> No.3860909

Everything is a social construct

>> No.3860965

>>3860874
Your question doesn't really make sense. It's like saying, 'Cow. what's your stance?' I suppose a person can have a stance on a concept, but you chose an obscure one to debate.

>> No.3861534

Logic and math are social constructs. Just ask /sci/.

>> No.3861547

Everything is certain.

>> No.3861566

Transcendental empiricism.

>> No.3861569

>>3860965
Kine are a social construct. That's why I don't eat them.

>> No.3861581
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3861581

WHAT DO YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EPISTEMOLOGY THREAD

GEDDIT?!?!?!?!?!?!

>> No.3861583

If philosophy doesn't let you fly and shoot laser bolts out your ass, then what the fuck is the point?

>> No.3861584

No, i'm being serious here. I'm saying what the point of being all meta if nothing "meta" ever effects the real world?

>> No.3861586

whats the point of being a genius philosopher without the credentials to back it up? Its like being stuck at a poetry reading for the rest of your life.

>> No.3861588

>>3861584
What's the point of Being if being never effects the world, given a long enough timeline?

>> No.3861590

I mean, i really, really want to study this stuff sometimes. But then science comes along and says, hey, i have this thing that lets you shoot lightning bolts out of your ass.

When philosophy can't even promise you wonder...

>> No.3861592

>>3861588
contemporary vs. the extraneous, completely invalid response.

>> No.3861596

I love the idea of creating doubt in your own mind, then filling in those cracks with something more solid, or better yet, something that works to your advantage.

I don't like the idea of creating doubt simply to fill my anxiety quota.

>> No.3861601

>>3861583

Being "all meta", that is, curious about knowledge of things human, natural, and divine - this curiosity is what led to the invention of flight and understanding lightning or lasers, the latter which with a bit of experimentation could easily shoot from your ass. Come to think of it:

Get a laser pointer, any basic kind with a momentary push button on the side will do. Put it in your ass. Book a plane ticket. Once you're on board, tighten the muscles in your ass. There philosophy will let you fly and shoot laser bolts out your ass. Q.E.D.

>> No.3861602

certain things, when left undefined, have more potential. I would have never come up with the idea of the numeric variable being substituted with a letter, for instance. And it led to all these collective advancements that I can only wonder at.

But the problem is, when a thing is not true, but can be said for certain to exist, it is of itself a paradox. X is neither without meaning or substance, but can not be said to truly exist as anything but a mark on a wall.

>> No.3861608

>>3861601
my point is I hate being all smart and stuff. I have a terrible energy that surrounds my intelligence that is akin to a crack in the universe.

>> No.3861611

i guess my point is, i can't make it real. I can understand X, but can't build ass lasers.

>> No.3861614

And you damn well know I'm talking about the kinds of lasers that can shoot down tanks and stuff, so don't give me none o that sharpie in the pooper bullshit.

>> No.3861616

Often, the understanding of X is what precludes the building of ass lasers, so that once you understand X, you no longer want to build ass lasers, even though that was your initial motivation for doing so.

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>>3861581
>pic related

oh gee

>> No.3861619

>>3860874


whos asking?

>> No.3861622

To put it another way, you would have to stupid not to WANT to be ignorant. Though I suppose life gets you either way. You get to pick your poison, either doled out slow and moderate, or given to you in tremendous ass whoopings for being such an ignorent retard.

>> No.3861623

what the fuck is Epistemology, anyway?

>> No.3861626

>>3861581
is that guy jewish? he looks jewish.

>> No.3861654

>>3861626
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lembit_%C3%96pik

>> No.3861670 [DELETED] 

>>3860874
Coherentist, Reliabilist

>> No.3861671

>>3860874
Coherentist

>> No.3861682

Carl Rogers?

>> No.3861692

>OP feels like talking about epistemology
>starts thread on /lit/
>HEY GAIS! epistemology go!
>/lit/ rages about philosophy vs science instead

>> No.3861732

in my life, ive left it alone and focused on ethics and aesthetics.

best to leave it alone. i have eyes. i can see things. the end

>> No.3861892

Direct Realist

>> No.3861898

My stance is against. I prefer the whole mology, not just a piece.

>> No.3861915

>>3861732

this is the philosophical equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and yelling

>> No.3861921

>>3861915
this sounds like fun, have we tried this?

>> No.3861924

>>3860909
I fucking hate you.

>> No.3861949

whatever zizek tells me is true

>> No.3861960

>>3860874
I'm for it!