It’s A Rocky Road to the Foundation of Knowledge

The philosopher Moritz Schlick believes he’s taken that road— let’s have a look.

Katharina Ellemunt
Nov 6 · 10 min read
Animation by Mixkit on mixkit.co

Since René Descartes, the certainty that the knowledge we have is steady and true isn’t so steady anymore. He introduced the Cartesian Doubt (later named after him), which means simply doubting anything if it isn’t 100 percent certain.

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Katharina Ellemunt

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Philosophy student. I primarily write about philosophical topics concerning life, death, society, history, politics, language, and critical thinking.Come along!

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