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The volume of what is possibly knowable far exceeds that of what is achievable, i.e., actually knowable to us. In philosophy, we must accordingly reckon with the prospect of imperfection.
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Rescher, N. (2019). Quantitative Epistemology. In: Philosophical Clarifications. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15269-7_8
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