Agrippan Skepticism (Humans)

by xeno6696 , Sonoran Desert, Saturday, October 22, 2011, 23:07 (4779 days ago)

I still have some things to say regarding NS, but as anyone who is a writer can attest, sometimes we don't get the inspiration to write what we want to write.

David has on a few occasions pointed to psychic phenomenon as some level of evidence for *something* out there that can't/doesn't have a materialistic explanation.

In my world, I hold to a form of Agrippan Skepticism, notably, "The only thing we can know is that we don't know anything."

This means that I deny, as knowledge, those things that we cannot verify or replicate. So far this agrees wholly with the materialistic position. In fact, we can say it underpins my materialistic slant.

So... where do we place knowledge in our "order of rank?" As a group?

What is it about "psychic phenomenon" that proves an Agrippan Skeptic is not on firm ground? Why shouldn't we deny unproven claims outright? Why should we even entertain them?

This comes as the core of my own philosophy of "utility." An explanation, that lacks some level of "provability," is not useful. Not if our goal is to advance knowledge.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"