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The term certainty, in my view, does not imply truth, but rather the claim of irrefutability of the position in question, and considering the idea that knowledge aims for truth, then absolute certainty is not a necessary component of knowledge. Knowledge is the manifestation of a supposed truth in the mind, and as everything else in the world is in perpetual change...
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Knowledge is the manifestation of a supposed truth in the mind, and as everything else in the world is in perpetual change. Therefore, the absence of certainty allows for the exercise of doubt on the knowledge one believes to have, and in consequence results in the advancement of knowledge...
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