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Gaining knowledge about external reality

February 2, 2010
A somewhat more philosophical post than I usually do… I wrote this up during an exchange w/ a theologian differentiating two ways we can gain knowledge. Also posted: http://bit.ly/bSkEv3 To a theologian: Let’s start with mathematical truths — I think that they are true and...
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