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Epistemology

February 23, 2018

A Sisyphus-style figure pushes the boulder of certain truth to the top of a hill, only to watch it roll away.

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018-02-23-epistemology/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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[Title] "A BRIEF HISTORY OF EPISTEMOLOGY"

Left: (pushing a boulder up a hill) "Almost there! Certain truth at last!"

Right: (boulder rolling down the other side) "This is fixable... right?"

Topics
Logic & Proof › Foundations of MathMath Culture › Nature of MathGeneral / Not Math
Level
High SchoolCollege
Themes
Literature & MythMath Culture