This question, which at first sight might not seem difficult, is really one of the most difficult that can be asked. When we have realized the obstacles in the way of a straightforward and confident answer, we shall be well launched on the study of philosophy--for philosophy is merely the attempt to answer such ultimate questions, not carelessly and dogmatically, as we do in ordinary life and even in the sciences, but critically, after exploring all that makes such questions puzzling, and after realizing all the vagueness and confusion that underlie our ordinary ideas.
2007-10-01 06:20:51 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"I think, therefore I am," if you are a follower of Descartes, I suppose. But considering it with skepticism, even this can become questionable.
What of the statement, "Reason exists,"?
2007-10-01 06:55:04 · update #1
@majeed3245: Are you sure you don't mean gravity and sunlight, regarding your comments about magnetism?
2007-10-01 07:07:55 · update #2
YES! No man has ever or will ever touch the SUN with his bare hand!
2007-10-01 06:29:23 · answer #1 · answered by DrMichael 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know! lol
The problem isn't that there isn't any knowledge of truth, the problem is that man is so screwed up! He won't retain what he learned after he learns it. It's a sort of amnesia.
So man has to go through the process of re establishing what was learned before, refreshing what was new before.
So I guess I am saying that man is unreasonable by nature. It's sits in the background and haunts the thoughts of men, often allowing the cares of other things causing deviation and crowding out the truth.
So we inherit vagueness and confusion if we do not stay sharp in what we do, practicing what we learned.
Otherwise we are faced with becoming dull, forgetful, and absent- minded.
2007-10-01 06:42:25 · answer #2 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Metaphysically speaking nothing is absolute.
However, most people won't disagree that 2+2=4 no matter where you go in the universe.
Robert Pirsig is a good source for metaphysical philosophy. There are tons of things though. For instance, the rock cycle and water cycle, erosion. Fossils.
When you talk "reasonable" maybe you need to define it. I have seen plenty of wealthy, intelligent people get swept away in the tide of rumour and heresy, and popular beliefs rather than analytical thinking.
It is what is lacking most in the USA educational system.
Analytical thinking and media studies courses.
2007-10-01 06:28:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ultimate test of reasonable knowledge is your existential experience of life. For example, it is reasonable to not doubt the existence of a bus coming down a street and thus you respond by not stepping in front of the bus. If you did step in front of the bus because you reasoned the bus does not exist, then you have become a prime canidate for the "Darwin Awards". It is either you or the bus but not both you and the bus otherwise you will become a big bloody mess.
2007-10-02 09:33:11 · answer #4 · answered by neofreshmao 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many:
1. Baby of any specy is borned from mating of male and female of same speci
2. Life depends on blood in body
3. We all will die one day
4. Sustenance on this planet depends on water, sun, soil and
seeds to grow.
5. Human intelligence is advancing with education.
6. Technology helps advancing human intelligence sooner.
7. Men do not make sciences. They only discover.
8. Magnetism in the center of earth keeps us on earth.
9. Trees and plants grow straight up because of Magnetism
in earth.
9.Without great power we can fly away from earth.
10. Best blessing of God for a man in this life is a loving and
loyal wife.
2007-10-01 07:00:16 · answer #5 · answered by majeed3245 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow - What a question! The only thing that really jumps out of my mind in answer to what knowledge in the world is so certain that no reasonable man could doubt it is only one thing. We will all one day leave the confines of our earthly body. What happens next is the big question that stirs up a lot of controversy with varying beliefs. Do we simply die and that's it...nothing more? Or do we (as I believe) leave our earthly bodies to inhabit our spirtual bodies for the eternity we will spend with our Heavenly Father in Heaven? Now THAT's the question.
2007-10-01 06:29:08 · answer #6 · answered by WhoMe? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every knowledge is doubt-able, as per personal belief systems, prior knowledge and logical reasoning.
2016-09-18 10:12:20 · answer #7 · answered by Patrick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the knowledge from senses can be doubted. the knowledge from others can be doubted. If youre going to know something truely and completely, it must come completely from within yourself. If you take Decartes road, The only thing that i almost know for certian is that "I think therefore I am".... but even that i am not entirely sure of. Firstly, i do not know if i am the one doing the thinking. I am observing thoughts, but am i creating them? this i cannot know for certian. Furthermore, who is this "I" and how does he exist? Does he exist? i cannot know this for sure either. I do know for certian that there exists the phenomenon of observation whether i am creating it, or this "I" i experience is meerly a vessel for it. the ability to question (whether from myself or elsewhere) is the only thing i am certian exists, because if it did not exist, we could not be having this debate.
2007-10-01 06:31:00 · answer #8 · answered by nacsez 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge = power (and pride)
Wisdom = perspective (better)
Love = purpose (best)
2007-10-01 06:28:50 · answer #9 · answered by Nickel-for-your-thoughts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saving knowledge and acknowledgment of Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior.
2007-10-01 06:45:38 · answer #10 · answered by †Lawrence R† 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋