forum for week of 2 October

Although it is easy to question everything and believe nothing as argyle does, bargle takes into account the impracticality of that outlook. "we have to start somewhere" simply but perfectly states how if we doubt everything including our sensory perception, we are left with nothing in which to believe, making the study of this, and everything else, a moot point. If we can't believe anything why pursue knowledge at all? It is all well and good to make the statement, as it is based on a reasonable idea, but if everyone decides to agree with argyle we agree to know nothing; a contention that would leave human life in a state of denial and would be catastrophic to the function of everyday life. We have to start somewhere, and contend that what we can see, taste, hear, smell and feel, must indeed be as we perceive it, simply to avoid the redundancy of our own existence.