Certainty

Certainty is perfect knowledge that has total security from error, or the mental state of being without doubt.

Objectively defined, certainty is total continuity and validity of all foundational inquiry, to the highest degree of precision. Something is certain only if no skepticism can occur. Philosophy (at least, historical Cartesian philosophy) seeks this state.

It is widely held that certainty about the real world is a failed historical enterprise (that is, beyond deductive truths, tautology, etc.). This is in large part due to the power of David Hume's problem of induction. Physicist Carlo Rovelli adds that certainty, in real life, is useless or often damaging (the idea is that "total security from error" is impossible in practice, and a complete "lack of doubt" is undesirable).

History

Pyrrho – ancient Greece

Pyrrho is credited as being the first Skeptic philosopher. The main principle of Pyrrho's thought is expressed by the word acatalepsia, which denotes the ability to withhold assent from doctrines regarding the truth of things in their own nature; against every statement its contradiction may be advanced with equal justification. Secondly, it is necessary in view of this fact to preserve an attitude of intellectual suspense, or, as Timon expressed it, no assertion can be known to be better than another.

Certainty (film)

Certainty is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Peter Askin, produced by Will Battersby, Per Melita and Mike O'Malley and written by Mike O'Malley. The cast includes newcomers Tom Lipinski, Adelaide Clemens, Kristen Connolly and Will Rogers alongside veterans Valerie Harper, Bobby Moynihan and Giancarlo Esposito. The film was produced by Will Battersby, Per Melita and O'Malley.

Synopsis

Certainty tells the story of Dom and Deb who are attending their Pre-Cana engagement encounter weekend, the process a couple must go through in order to get married in the Catholic church.

Release

Certainty has been shown at the Sarasota Film Festival and the Nantucket Film Festival, as well as festivals in New Hampshire, Long Beach, and Boston. At the Boston Film Festival, it won Best Screenplay, Best Editing and Best Ensemble cast.

It was released theatrically and digitally at the end of November 2012 by FilmBuff.

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