Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is
Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is
Some of our empirical knowledge is certain; if we investigate a pig thoroughly enough, we can sometimes be certain that it's a pig.
And obviously some of our empirical knowledge is less than certain.
The term "certain" wouldn't be very useful if it applied ALWAYS or NEVER -- because then it would be useless to ask things like, "Are you certain that we have enough gasoline to make it to the next town?"
Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is
Some of our empirical knowledge is certain; if we investigate a pig thoroughly enough, we can sometimes be certain that it's a pig.
And obviously some of our empirical knowledge is less than certain.
The term "certain" wouldn't be very useful if it applied ALWAYS or NEVER -- because then it would be useless to ask things like, "Are you certain that we have enough gasoline to make it to the next town?"
Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is
Some of our empirical knowledge is certain; if we investigate a pig thoroughly enough, we can sometimes be certain that it's a pig.
And obviously some of our empirical knowledge is less than certain.
The term "certain" wouldn't be very useful if it applied ALWAYS or NEVER -- because then it would be useless to ask things like, "Are you certain that we have enough gasoline to make it to the next town?"