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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (103062)	5/5/2009 10:19:22 PM
From: Robin Plunder	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

"uh.. that was descartes, in the first instance, and the clean slate theory in the second instance, followed by wittgenstein, several nut jobs in between, and a slew of metaphysics, which finally came into its own when physics found itself bound up by its own measurements when it hit particle theory." :)...yes, there have been quite a collection of them, with a consistent theme....y? they were not looking for reason, they were trying to protect religion from the growth of the mind, and they did so by trying to instill the idea that reason is founded on something which is no better than faith...best to forget them all and start from the beginning, ie, what are the foundations of knowledge, and how do we know it? (or, what is a good stock, and how do we know it? ...g...) Ayn Rand answered this question, and thus earned for herself the animosity of all who would defend their faith to the bitter end...which seems to be quite a few folks.... rp