Does epistemology have any practical uses? Reading some of the skeptical claims in Meditations and it seems like even if it was true it wouldn't make a single difference to anyone
>>9604866
>Does epistemology have any practical uses?
Do you like being deceived?
>>9604870
no
but even if I was deceived it wouldn't make a difference
If I was just a brain being stimulated to believe the things I see, or some demon throws up an illusion around me, there's nothing I can do about it to either stop it or escape from it.
>>9604894
Nevermind, then, enjoy your fake news and do what you're told.
>>9604894
Epistemology isn't the sum total of objective knowledge, its the study of what can be justified and described as knowable with respect to the subject. We are all being deceived, we have no access to things in themselves