Q&A: Full Subjectivity
Full Subjectivity
Question
Hello,
I wanted to ask a really basic philosophical question.
All our knowledge and understanding take place within us; we never have direct access to truth as such.
So how can we assume that we have objective knowledge!?!? At most, I know that I exist, and that’s it.
Answer
If you’re a skeptic, there’s no way to answer you. Whenever I answer, you can always ask another skeptical question about the answer. Either you’re a skeptic or you aren’t. But the very fact that we have no foundation for our trust in our knowledge need not bother you. If you’re not a skeptic, then it’s self-evident and requires no justification from outside itself. That’s all.
Discussion on Answer
You answered yourself. It’s obvious that trust is not always given, but it’s not obvious that trust is never given.
Why shouldn’t the fact that there’s no foundation bother you?
Obviously, trust is not always given to something without any additional knowledge.