Also, I’ve asked my philosophy professor pretty much the same question and he referred me to Hegel. I’m probably terribly misinterpreting what he said but here it is: the awareness of the impossibility of knowledge gives us some kind of meta-knowledge which somehow gets nicely dealt with, and apparently allows for at least some knowledge.
Referring someone to Hegel seems to me like saying: “Screw you. Here a book that contains the answer to your question but you won’t finish the book anyway.”
Also, I’ve asked my philosophy professor pretty much the same question and he referred me to Hegel. I’m probably terribly misinterpreting what he said but here it is: the awareness of the impossibility of knowledge gives us some kind of meta-knowledge which somehow gets nicely dealt with, and apparently allows for at least some knowledge.
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Referring someone to Hegel seems to me like saying: “Screw you. Here a book that contains the answer to your question but you won’t finish the book anyway.”