Philosophy

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 back on itself, or an arbitrary stopping point you just assert. Named after Baron Münchhausen, who claimed to pull himself from a swamp by his own hair, it's a central challenge in the theory of knowledge.

Hans Albert, Treatise on Critical Reason — 1968

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