Uncertainty and the Ghost of Plato
Article to be written Author: Peter Giger http://longtailepistemology.com
Version 0.5 2008-03-02
http://freedomdefined.org/
Related Concepts A selection
Certainty
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Nessecity
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Truth
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Knowlege
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Essens
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Objectivity
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Universal
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General
Feminism
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Uncertainty
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Relativism
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Pragmatism
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Nihilism
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Subjectivity
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Particualar
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Specific
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Local
History Thinkers who have thought about certainty
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Parmenides
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Wittgenstein
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Protagoras
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William James
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Plato
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Thomas Kuhn
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Aristotle
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Bruno Latour
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Descartes
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Donna Haraway
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Francis Bacon
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Jörgen Habermas
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Nietzsche
Reasons For Expecting Certainty
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Progress
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Power
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Developement
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Control
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Control
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Ressentiment
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Metaphysics
Web 2.0 The Promise or Threat of flattening Knowledge Processes
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Participation
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Non-Hierarchical
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Transparency Image by Ben Sheldon at Flickr
Is participative, non-hierarchical, transparent processes an alternative to certain, necessary and true knowledge processes?
Democracy Relation to Certainty / Uncertainty
What's the zest of democratic processes?
Democracy Relation to Certainty / Uncertainty
If Democracy is not the object certain knowldge – then What is the direction of Certainty?
Boils down to The underlying question
Could a general recognition of uncertainty be a positive force?
Uncertainty and the Ghost of Plato
The End Article to be written Author: Peter Giger http://longtailepistemology.com
Version 0.5 2008-03-02
http://freedomdefined.org/