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Przyczynek do rozmowy na temat problemu pewności
A contribution to the conversation about the problem of certainty

Author(s): Mirosław Pawliszyn
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: human; cognition; certainty

Summary/Abstract: The problem of certainty seems to be crucial for the whole of philosophy. The fundamental question is: can we be sure that things which we perceive really are the way they seem? Does the knowledge we have deserve our acknowledgement? What we ultimately have here is the question about the reality of the world as such. The questions, raised by Descartes, are still important and inspiring. Philosophers used to think that if we accepted the possibility of uncertainty, we would be doomed to scepticism. A German philosopher, Peter Wust, makes a unique contribution to this discussion. For him, uncertainty is an ontic category. Yet this does not mean that we cannot extricate ourselves from it. The article attempts to deal with this very issue.

  • Issue Year: 47/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 135-156
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish