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marquisedemerteuil's picture

are observations reliable?

in class we always talk about a "summary of observations" and those observations are based on what we see, in the world or doing an experiment. but how do we know we can rely on vision, that it is "true" or "less wrong"? plato says that our visual experiences are false, and mathematics and geometry are true. are the stories we're creating meaningful in any way?

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