Why Civilization Confused Knowing With Showing for 2,000 Years
Every epistemological tradition from Plato to present assumed that showing revealed knowing. Not as philosophical doctrine requiring defense—but as infrastructural necessity requiring no justification. We built two thousand years of civilization on this assumption. It was never true. We simply had no alternative. The Socratic dialogue. Medieval disputation. Scientific demonstration. Academic examination. Legal testimony. Professional … Why Civilization Confused Knowing With Showing for 2,000 Years