Questions tagged [self-knowledge]
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Is 'cogito ergo sum' false?
I've heard it postulated by some people that "we can't truly know anything". While that does seem to apply to the vast majority of things, I can't see how 'cogito ergo sum' can possibly be false.
No matter what I am, no matter in what way I'm…
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What do philosophic schools or individual philosophers say about gaining knowledge despite our transience
Why should someone seek out and acquire knowledge when they'll inevitably leave this world? Their consciousness won't exist and the knowledge they stored will be gone.
I get that knowledge is necessary to deal with some situations. But many people…
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What exactly do People realise, in Self-Realisation?
Self-Realisation is a Truth because there have been people like that. I was wondering what exactly do people realise in Self-Realisation?
Is it some totally new Truth, or something else?
I have my theory but wanted to ask fellow Philosophers what…
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Can I know a proposition is true, if at least one of its concepts is unclear to me?
First realization: I am.
This is the first true proposition known by any animal. To know it requires an awareness of self (autoception), and an awareness of the passage of time (tempusception).
The proposition requires the concept of self. The…
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How was this fragment of Anaximander received?
What was the reception of Anaximander's fragment in antiquity?
From where things come into being, into there they also decay in accordance with necessity; for they pay damages and are penalized for their injustice in accordance with the order of…
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