Gerhard wrote:

--> And that got me thinking... is there really
anything knowable? <--

Well, since Descartes, it's been pretty clear that you can know that
you exist. It's difficult to be sure of much beyond that, if you are
talking about knowing with certainty (Cartesian certainty.. knowledge
that is simply beyond doubt).

There's also a more relaxed idea of knowledge that seems to work
pretty well: Knowledge is justified, true belief. That is, if you
believe something to be true, and it actually is true, and you believe
it for the right reasons, then you can be said to know it. In that
sense of knowledge, there's plenty that we know.

Neil

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