Friday, September 14, 2007

Russell on Knowing That We Know

The quote from Bertrand Russell that I couldn't remember this morning:

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

It serves as a kind of corrective to my view that fallibilism is the mark of the thoughtful (empirical) knower.

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