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Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is

    { 1 } - never certain.
    { 2 } - sometimes certain and sometimes uncertain.
    { 3 } - always certain.

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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?"

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2 is correct!

Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is

    { 1 } - never certain.
    { 2 } - sometimes certain and sometimes uncertain.
    { 3 } - always certain.

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?"

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

Austin thinks that our empirical knowledge of the world is

    { 1 } - never certain.
    { 2 } - sometimes certain and sometimes uncertain.
    { 3 } - always certain.

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?"

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