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Originally Posted by peter12
I seem to hear your voice in another thread. Skepticism is the foundation of honest discourse. The rest, we can leave to the sophists.
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Science is foundationalist by its very nature. Assumptions need to be made.
It`s like we`re trying to find the best possible combination of skepticism and assumption. Too much assumption and we never know the truth from the pretty lies. Too much skepticism and discourse isn`t possible.
I am reminded of Aristotle`s doctrine of the mean. It is that which is the mean between excess and deficiency which is to be striven for. I think something like that applies here.