# Introduction to Critical Rationalism

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-rationalism/2024
**Category:** Elliot Temple
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**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-rationalism/2024 "2025-03-28T15:56:05Z")
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### Author: ![LMD](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/lmd/32/3213_2.png) [@LMD](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/LMD)
#### Post date: [April 19, 2025, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/introduction-to-critical-rationalism/2024/12 "2025-04-19T14:23:08Z")

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I don’t understand Objectivism’s concept of contextual certainty, but I’ve heard about it. This might be something that is already causing some misunderstanding, but I don’t know.

> [@actually\_thinking](#):
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> > [@LMD](#):
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> > Not thinking that certainty is possible is a reason.
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> This is dropping the context. The context is that I exist and that I am responding to you right now. There is no reason to be uncertain about this.

I don’t understand what you mean here. I may not really know what context dropping is. Would you help me understand how what I’ve said is context dropping?

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