humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Gordon Sollars wrote:

> In article ,
> mark@myinboxisbroken.com says...
>
>>You are looking for -- demanding, even!
>
> I am one tough customer!

You can say that again! :-)

>>-- something that simply does
>>not exist, and that you have been told does not exist -- namely, a
>>formal account of Fred's notion of certainty.
>
> I missed the memo! In any event, I would be fine with an informal
> account - that could at least plausibly claim to be about an epistemic
> notion.

Check out this "memo":

http://tinyurl.com/4dnc75

In it, Fred explicitly acknowledges that it would be difficult to
specify general criteria for conclusiveness of evidence (which is the
basis of Fred's sense of certainty). Now please stop badgering the
witness! :-)

Mark