Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Rubber Duck Philosophy

As we walk through the process of writing this book on epistemology (the study of knowledge and the nature of truth), I've been trying to apply the principles and concepts of philosophy to the very basics of life.

I found myself at the side of the tub with a very wet child and a rubber duck bobbing in the water. It made me wonder how the different philosophers would think about the statement, "The duck is wet."

The duck knew this was coming, as my youngest last week dropped it in the toilet and he escaped, being flushed away to sea (at least we hope he makes it eventually).

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