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To: one_less who wrote (65)4/17/2012 8:39:08 PM
From: one_less2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 252
 
Part I cont.

So it would seem that accepting things because they seem right is not enough? But if it seems that way it is probably only in relation to substantive things as we found when we questioned the seeming movement of the sun across the sky. However, when someone told me it is good behavior to deal with others in compassionate and charitable manner, that seemed right... although the language was probably simpler the first time I considered the idea like 'play nice.' When I was told cruelty, despoiling, or foul conduct is bad it seemed right. And these basic ideas are experienced by other normal individuals in the same way across time and circumstance. So, it seems in some cases, like this one where self evidence is applied, we can accept what seems to be as a fact. In other cases, what seems to be desintegrates when new or more information unfolds... as in the case of the sun's movement.



To: one_less who wrote (65)5/25/2012 8:38:55 PM
From: Giordano Bruno  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 252
 
> It seems right may be the most confidence we can muster. <

An interesting sentence.
Much of our overall knowledge is, in fact, dogmatic and awating inevitable revision.