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Single Idea 24352

[catalogued under 11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge]

Full Idea

So far as the word 'knowledge' has meaning at all, the world is knowable: but the world can be interpreted otherwise, it has no meaning behind it, rather innumerable meanings "Perspectivism"

Gist of Idea

The world is knowable up to a point, but there are many interpretations

Source

Friedrich Nietzsche (Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17) [1887], 7[60])

A Reaction

Premonition of Putnam's account in model theory of how many models are possible for any theory. I disagree. It seems to me obvious that 'knowledge' can be assigned a sharp meaning, and that we know lots of things. Most perspectives are indistinguishable.

Book Reference

Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'Fragments from 1886-87 (v 17)', ed/tr. Leiner, George H. [Stanford 2025], p.116

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