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Hans Albert: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Hans Albert, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• Every proof eventually runs into one of three unsatisfying dead ends

  Try to justify any belief with reasons, and philosopher Hans Albert argued you hit one of three walls: an infinite regress of further justifications, a circular argument that loops…

  — Hans Albert, Treatise on Critical Reason

• Try to prove anything completely, and you hit one of three dead ends

  Ask why any belief is justified, then ask why that justification is justified, and so on, and philosopher Hans Albert argued you land in one of three unsatisfying places: an infini…

  — Hans Albert, Treatise on Critical Reason

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