Re: Epistemology 101

From: Neil W Rickert (rickert+nn_at_cs.niu.edu)
Date: 12/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:44:16 +0000 (UTC)

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Albert <albertwagner@cox.net> writes:

>Neil W Rickert wrote:
><snip>
>> But what is the basis for "truth"?

>I don't understand this question.

You have stated the problem quite succinctly. I look forward to
your solution.

> What could possibly be a
>'basis' for truth? A higher truth? A truism? The context was
>Science.

Some philosophers seem to write as if truth is determined by the god
of their atheism, and piped directly into the immaterial substance
of their non-existent spiritual soul.

The theologians at least have somewhere to point when asked for a
basis for truth. But where does the secular philosopher point?

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