No problem, you have explained the position with great clarity.
At issue is the realization that no-one so far has broken the classical skeptical viewpoints on our ability to have knowledge, or the modern BIV versions either.
The only way forward was to say we can have aspects of knowledge, and move forward without solving the issue of our subjectivity. Of course we can't sit there wringing our hands about it, and our progress has been because of the positivist approach. However, there is always a nagging bit of doubt because of this. Even math, coming so tantalizingly close, cant break this shadow. And it will haunt science as well.
The human condition, I guess.
I do understand the positivist approach you so clearly have explained, but obviously need to work on how to express the skeptical position better.
At issue is the realization that no-one so far has broken the classical skeptical viewpoints on our ability to have knowledge, or the modern BIV versions either.
The only way forward was to say we can have aspects of knowledge, and move forward without solving the issue of our subjectivity. Of course we can't sit there wringing our hands about it, and our progress has been because of the positivist approach. However, there is always a nagging bit of doubt because of this. Even math, coming so tantalizingly close, cant break this shadow. And it will haunt science as well.
The human condition, I guess.
I do understand the positivist approach you so clearly have explained, but obviously need to work on how to express the skeptical position better.
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
