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Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None of the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.

Added: Please note that the Muenchhausen trilemma applies to general statements, which conver infinitely many cases. The problem of an ultimate legitimization does not arise for singular statements like "Today it rains in Manhattan". In particular, it does not say "you can't know anything for certain".

Concerning the question of applying the Muenchhausen trilemma to itself: I agree that one cannot apply the trilemma to itself. Hence I consider the Muenchhausen trilemma a hypothesis which - up to now - has not been falsified but always confirmed.

Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None of the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.

Added: Please note that the Muenchhausen trilemma applies to general statements, which conver infinitely many cases. The problem of an ultimate legitimization does not arise for singular statements like "Today it rains in Manhattan". In particular, it does not say "you can't know anything for certain".

Concerning the question of applying the Muenchhausen trilemma to itself: I agree that the Muenchhausen trilemma applies to itself. Hence I consider it a hypothesis which - up to now - has not been falsified but always confirmed.

Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None of the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.

Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None of the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.

Added: Please note that the Muenchhausen trilemma applies to general statements, which conver infinitely many cases. The problem of an ultimate legitimization does not arise for singular statements like "Today it rains in Manhattan". In particular, it does not say "you can't know anything for certain".

Concerning the question of applying the Muenchhausen trilemma to itself: I agree that one cannot apply the trilemma to itself. Hence I consider the Muenchhausen trilemma a hypothesis which - up to now - has not been falsified but always confirmed.

Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.

Please read first my answer to the Muenchhausen question:

Has Münchhausen's trilemma been solved?

The Muenchhausen trilemma shows the aporia when one attempts to find by continued reasoning an ultimate justification for a general statement. According to the trilemma one ends up in one of the three dead ends (horns of the trilemma). None of the three horns is satisfying and provides an ultimate legitimation of the original general statement, i.e. a reason which can no longer be questioned.