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If our knowledge of the world is always filtered, interpreted and (in important ways) ‘constructed’ by our a priori faculties then we can never know things as they truly are and we are forced to accept a degree of humility with respect to our ‘scientific’ pronouncements.
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Matthews, D. (2006). Epistemic Humility. In: van Gigch, J.P. (eds) Wisdom, Knowledge, and Management. C.West Churchman and Related Works Series, vol 2. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36506-0_7
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