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Old Oct 21, 2003, 10:25 pm   #8 (permalink) (top)
Geoff332
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We've already had this deebate. You have a fairly classic supposition of epistemology for ontology. Your argument rests on assuming that 'knowledge of x' is the same as 'x'. This is either pure solipsism or pure nonsense (which is precisely what many people argue solipsism is, but that's beside the point). The way you use the word 'true' I think you are referring to 'certain knowledge' -- it certainly doesn't relect any common usage of the word 'true'.

Either way, this is a pretty old and well established idea - but not a stunningly credible one.
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