Timeline for What is the difference between knowledge and belief?
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| Sep 16, 2011 at 22:37 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman♦ | I am not sure I really understand what you are trying to say. It just seems to me your own personal definitions are not a constructive response to the question. It's because we're in subjective-definitional territory that I would suggest you try to back up the claims you are making here somehow -- at any rate, I would certainly reconsider my downvote if you did. | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:44 | comment | added | The Evil Greebo | If the question were one along the lines of "how to we establish that something is grounded in reality" or "how do we identify a belief", I'd think a cite from a philosopher is necessary. When we're dealing with basic terms and just clarifying what they mean, it seems rather silly. Words have meanings - and dictionary definitions provide the common frame of reference for the conceptual meanings of words to be made clear. If we can't at least agree on a frame of reference for conceptual definitions then it doesn't matter what we know anymore, communication is impossible. | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:30 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman♦ | Just in passing, SEP has an article on "knowledge analysis" that might be helpful as far as identifying potential sources to cite. | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:28 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman♦ | Offering an actual citation from a dictionary might be acceptable, but I would definitely encourage you to please provide a cite from a philosopher if you can. | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:27 | comment | added | The Evil Greebo | Well, the specific way of putting it as I did goes back to Epistemology 101 which I took in '90 so I don't remember (hopefully understandably) the exact citation - but one need only consult a dictionary to see that the definitions of the words line up with what I've said... | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:23 | comment | added | Joseph Weissman♦ | Not a terrible answer by any means, but is there any chance I could persuade you to unpack this a little bit? Maybe back up some of your claims with citations? | |
| Sep 16, 2011 at 17:08 | history | answered | The Evil Greebo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |