ExerciseInspired by Socrates
The inventory of ignorance
The only knowledge claimed was knowing that he did not know: his . This exercise turns it into a routine: on a topic where you hold strong views, separate what you can truly justify from what you merely repeat without having examined it. You gain the humility that reopens curiosity, and the freedom to stop defending positions you never really chose.
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- Relation to certainty · Skepticism
Source: Socrates
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- Living without certainty — If nothing is certain, can we still act and choose, or does suspending judgment make life impossible: is fallibilism, acting on one's best reasons while staying open to revision, the way out?