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Are some things unknowable? - Coggle Diagram
Are some things unknowable?
perspectives+objects
yes, because we don't have the tools to know, but we can use logic to fill in what we do not know
objects: einstein's thought experiement
special and general relativity: important concepts in physics but are they really "solid knowledge"?
object: zodiac killers code before computer
keyword: truth
just because it has been widely accepted, does that make it a 'truth'?
yes but we can use faith to fill in what we do not know
religion
religious texts: Bible (written by disciples), Buddhist texts (如是我聞）
moral/ethics
is "conscience" real? what triggers our conscience? or is it a self-constructed concept (does that make it not real?)
keyword: perspective
from the perspective of the disciples, different students may interpret it differently (give rise to different branches of the religion)
yes, because future is not determined
fortune telling: multiple different ways to interpret
object: 易經？
object: MBTI/astrology
keyword: certainty
because there are different modes of interpreting, there is no certainty that one will be the true future
keywords
unknowable: cannot be proven to be knowledge
knowledge: __ that are in correspondent with reality
things: knowledge? practices (fortune telling)?
0219: AOK reflection
math: the unknowable can be attempted to be derived from the known
Art: the unknowable is attempted to be interpreted in different ways (inexplicable art pieces are interpretted in multiple different ways)