If one wishes to realize the distance which may lie between "facts" and the meaning of facts, let one go to the field of social discussion.
John Dewey, The Public & its Problems1
First post. might as well be the 4th of July
Robert N. Procter describes humans as swimming in "oceans of ignorance".2 That we always have and perhaps always will. But do we see this as our environment or our struggle? Or are we in danger of being swallowed in the wave...
3 1 Dewey, John. "Chapter 1: Search for the Public." The public & its problems. New York: H. Holt, 1927. 3
2 Procter, N. Robert. "Preface." Preface. Agnotology:the making & unmaking of ignorance. Standford: SUP, 2008
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