"The point of my post is that your epistemology is too narrow. Trying to sell you on my epistemology was outside of my intent." Well, you either know a thing o

"The point of my post is that your epistemology is too narrow. Trying to sell you on my epistemology was outside of my intent." Well, you either know a thing or not. Its really that simple. You know you are sitting at a table, typing, etc. I also accept the results of repeatable experiments, as long as I have verified them. It really comes down to you. The individual. All ideas are therein. Are you prepared to kid yourself, or do you want the truth? Often people say 'we' know to get around this. What does this usage of 'we' mean? It is trust that someone else has done the verifying, that they are trustworthy, that they are relaying the results faithfully, etc. If you are trusting though, you are not knowing. Now, it is fine to have beliefs, and to accept other people's ideas and hypotheses. But it is another thing to say you know them to be true!