[MD] What is knowledge?

[ian glendinning]

So Platt, you are accepting a static social pattern the authority to
say what is illegal. I'd agree with the pragmatism, but not the
certainty over the legality of their authority.

That authority is a matter of social convention (not necessarily a bad
one, in fact a damn good one) but not any kind of certainty.
Ian

On 6/28/07, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
>
>
> > I'm positively pragmatic, you are negatively, cynically skeptical.
> > Cup half full vs cup not full = empty (or half empty to some people)
>
> Au contraire. I'm positively ecstatic that the U.S. Senate has killed
> an bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. I am certain that illegal
> means illegal. Excluded middles need not apply. :-)
>
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