a branch of philosophy concerned with ignorance and what we don't actually know? Epistemology covers knowledge, but what covers the stuff we tend to just assume we know, but in fact don't?
3h — TiredThinker
Dialectics or (Pyrrhonian) skepticism targets 'illusions of knowledge' (i.e. believing we know what we don't know or cannot be known) – one's ignorance of one's own ignorance. Re: Socrates (early dialogues), Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus ... Montaigne, Hume, Peirce-Dewey, Witty, S. Haack, N.N.Taleb, G. Gigerenzer, D. Kahneman ...Epistemology covers knowledge, but what covers the stuff we tend to just assume we know, but in fact don't? — TiredThinker
Dialectics or (Pyrrhonian) skepticism target 'illusions of knowledge' (i.e. believing we know what we don't know or cannot be known) – one's ignorance of one's own ignorance. Re: Socrates (early dialogues), Pyrrho, Sextus Empiricus ... Montaigne, Hume, Peirce-Dewey, Witty, S. Haack, N.N.Taleb, G. Gigerenzer, D. Kahneman ... — 180 Proof
Yeah, we (akratic) higher primates are just (sleepwalking junkie) slaves to that damned – damning – mesolimbic dopamine pathway. :sweat:I don't wanna remember nothing, nothing! You understand? — Cypher — Agent Smith
Isn't there a branch of philosophy concerned with ignorance and what we don't actually know? — TiredThinker
Yeah, we (akratic) higher primates are just (sleepwalking junkie) slaves to that damned – damning – mesolimbic dopamine pathway. :sweat: — 180 Proof
I don't know. It's a mystery to me. :smile:Isn't there a branch of philosophy concerned with ignorance and what we don't actually know? Epistemology covers knowledge, but what covers the stuff we tend to just assume we know, but in fact don't? — TiredThinker
3. Unknown unknowns ( :zip: )
Each category of unknowns might deserve separate treatment — Agent Smith
I find 3. particularly appealing. What might be the first step along this path? — jgill
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