Ep 151: ”Objectivist” ”Epistemology” - The errors of objectivism
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The Central Question of Epistemology
Randis says words transform concepts into mental entities. She goes on to say, quote, words without definitions are not language, but inarticulate sounds. The question of epistemology is what precisely is the nature of that process? To what precisely do concepts refer in reality? Kind of the central question ofEpistemology is, is, yes, knowledge creation. What is that process? A particular mental concept that the products of a certain mental process? Yes? Well, that's explanatory knowledge. I'm barely seeing here this word knowledge actually appearing in this part of her discussion of epistemology,. Just talking about concepts, concept formation. But she needs to
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