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I'd argue we must go with these assumptions out of necessity rather than convenience. I don't have any broad strokes to offer on western thought, however.


Necessity for what condition? To find truth? Making assumptions are the opposite of finding truth.


To function. You must assume many things on a daily basis to function and survive because we are limited.


Ok but isn't that a different topic? Whether you function or not is not the same as whether something is true or not.


Maybe it is. I guess I was offering my perspective on dividing "real" things from the rest of it and got on a tangent there.




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