"If the question I'm being asked necessarily involves an unknowable element, then I don't feel justified saying I know it is false unless it contains logical inconsistencies. Even if I discard solipsism, I'm still left with unknowable elements."
That's the problem you starting with an unreasonable view of knowledge that most philosophers don't take seriously anymore; however, that's not an argument I'm just saying for once philosophers agree about something and for commonsense reasons. IMO, it's best to just avoid the "knowledge" question and just frame things in informal terms of 0(lowest) to 0.5(middle) to 1(highest) scale of likelihood.
That's the problem you starting with an unreasonable view of knowledge that most philosophers don't take seriously anymore; however, that's not an argument I'm just saying for once philosophers agree about something and for commonsense reasons. IMO, it's best to just avoid the "knowledge" question and just frame things in informal terms of 0(lowest) to 0.5(middle) to 1(highest) scale of likelihood.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
