ABSTRACT

Mythirdcommentisthis:whenwesaythatweknowmoretodaythan didXenophanesorSocrates,thenitisprobablyincorrectaslongaswe interpret'know'inasubjectivesense.Presumablynoneofusknowsmore; ratherwehaveheardthatmoreisknown,andalsoweknowagreater varietyofthings.Wehavereplacedparticulartheories,particularhypotheses,particularconjecturesbyothers;admittedlyinmostcasesbybetter ones:betterinthesenseofbeingbetterapproximationstothetruth.