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Re: Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous? by cperciva on Sunday June 27, 2010 @12:24AM (#1464904)
you cannot know a falsehood (you can only believe in it)

Let's just say that N philosophers have at least N+1 definitions of what "knowing" means, not all of which are consistent with your position, and leave it at that.

Re: Unknown knowns: Why did you choose to be monogamous? by Jun8 on Monday June 28, 2010 @12:33AM (#1467078)
Hmm, I know epistemology can be hard to fathom (and frankly is not my thing, my thing being philosophy of language), but I thought my statement was one of the basic definitions. I would be interested if you can point me to work that considers a statement like "I know that Chicago is the capital of Illinois" (it's Springfield) tenable. I was taught that this was an incorrect usage of know.