2007-01-24 07:58:13 · 22 answers · asked by lee f 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Heisse Doktor, heisse Magistar gar, und ziehe schon die zehen Jahr meine Schueler an der Nase herum und sehe doch das wir nichts wissen koennen (I'm a doctor, Magistrate even and for tens of years I've been pulling my students around by their noses and know we can't know anything) - Dr. Faust from Goethe.
2007-01-24 08:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Archie K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, yeah. We know stuff. But mostly it's all trivial matters. Like, a dog is not a cat. The stuff we don't know is the stuff we ought to know, like why is the dog not a cat? Why would both species be here in the first place? Why did we call the dog a dog instead of a monkey or something?
But in answer to your query, yes. We know things.
2007-01-24 08:04:41 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Ettejin of Wern 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The older I get, the more I realize that I don't know much of anything at all.
2007-01-24 08:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by ghostwriter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In fact by asking that question "Do any of us know anything???" indicates that we KNOW that there are other things to know about, hence the answer must be YES, or else this question could not be asked...
2007-01-24 08:08:12 · answer #4 · answered by Batsmyman 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes I know something. Then again, sometimes I don't know. What I do know is that I don't always know. You know? Then again, when I think I know it proves to be that I don't know. I just didn't know it at that time. But now I know.
Does that mean I know I don't know?
2007-01-24 08:08:18 · answer #5 · answered by tercir2006 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you know you don't know anything, then you know something, right?
2007-01-24 08:05:43 · answer #6 · answered by Husker41 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You seem to be able to type and speak english. So that may be proof enough for that postulate.
2007-01-24 08:28:00 · answer #7 · answered by Answerer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, at least not knowing.
2007-01-24 08:40:25 · answer #8 · answered by gs_at_ya 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We only know our perceptions of the world. Perhaps that is all we know.
2007-01-24 08:05:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I know that you just asked a question. Beyond that, who can say?
2007-01-24 08:03:23 · answer #10 · answered by Jimfix 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋