Tag: #Epistemology
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Ancient
Xenophanes: 'If Horses Had Gods, They Would Look Like Horses' — The First Philosopher to Question Religious Critique and the Limits of Knowledge
Xenophanes attacked anthropomorphic gods and stressed the limits of certainty, laying foundations for skepticism and religious critique.
Modern
Descartes: "I Think, Therefore I Am" - The Single Foothold Left After Doubting Everything
In 1637, an anonymous book shattered inherited certainty. Descartes subjected sensation, memory, and even mathematics to radical doubt, then found one indestructible point: the existence of the doubting self.