Arman Thowts

There is no reality only pain

Radical Fideist Absolutist Pragmatism (What I call "FAP") is an epistemological ideology which I have coined, which seeks to make the best out of the 3 ideologies into 1 radical package. Firstly, it is Fideist - meaning that it claims that to claim to "know" anything is an act of faith. This is because of the secondary aspect absolutism - there is an absolute reality which knowledge should conform to. There is no way to ever directly interact with this objective reality - we are forever limited by our sense perceptions and language to never be able to experience "absolute reality". This is why I renounce knowledge as "justified true belief"; we will never know what is true because we can never "know" objective reality. This brings us full circle to the last aspect of the philosophy: knowledge can only ever be used as "know-how" - we "know" something if we can apply the knowledge to elicit the correct response. A...

This was a thought that occurred to me, as it plays an evident role in several areas of knowledge. Firstly, many empirical and rational models rely on accurate, or inaccurate, readings. This can be seen in areas of knowledge such as science, mathematics, and the humanities. I consider accuracy to be the closeness a measurement or figure is to reality. For example, given that 901 out of a population of 1000 died of a given condition (ex., lung cancer), it would be accurate to say that 90% of the population died from this condition. 90% is extremely close to 901 out of 1000. Additionally, I consider the pragmatic approach to a knowledge claim's validity - a knowledge claim is valid if it can be applied to create the expected results. For example, saying that I know how to drive is a valid knowledge claim if it can be applied to me using my driving skill to navigate a town. It would be invalid if it could not be applied in this manner (i.e., I crash every time). Lastly, I use Soc...