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11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

5936	Knowledge is superior to opinion because it is certain [Ross]
	Full Idea: Knowledge is superior in value to opinion because it has certainty or complete absence of doubt.
	From: W. David Ross (The Right and the Good [1930], §VI)
	A reaction: This strikes me as a classic blunder, dating back to Descartes, which I think of as 'setting the bar too high'. It leads without fail to scepticism, because certainty is simply impossible for human beings. I am a committed fallibilist about knowledge.