I love the question .... there are many many examples of how relevant history and social contexts have been (quantum physics, idea that Prion proteins can infect you, discovery of adult stem cells) ;there is a human history to science ...science is a revision of this history rather than quest for truth independent of it's history and social context (Francisco Varela), a network of human conversations (Humberto Maturana). The historical and social context is never removed (Thomas Kuhn on Paradigm Shifts) ... examples apply to each discovery scenario ... eg. the discovery about the new organ (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23062-6) ; is this really a discovery or just a new way of talking about a structure we always knew was there (the third space)?
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lol Kuhn. You were writing while I was posting...beat you...haha.
Welcome back into my life, vc! I've missed you while I've been sorting out this mess that I got myself into -at your invitation!
Meet me on the Funway!
And Pluto's not a planet!
We've had interstitial tissues previously, and we still do. Apparently if we discover a function it becomes an organ.
All righty then...
so in other words, this is about the fact that as we advance we discover new knowledge and realize we might were mistaken in the past?
you sure we always knew about that?
Yes, but not exactly.
It's a new way to think about what understanding means.
"truth is always contingent on historical and social context rather than being absolute and universal and that truth is always partial and "at issue" rather than being complete and certain."
A new way to think and talk about anything and everything.
The idea is that total philosophical certainty about things isn't justified.
(Is this news to you [wondering])
Thanks again for being here, dg.
Well I have always be aware that our knowledge and perception of everything is in constant change as we keep advancing in our understanding of reality, so with incomplete knowledge, 100% certainty cannot be possible.