On Belief, Knowledge, and Justification

Schrodinger's Cat · 02-22-2005, 08:52 PM

Just to make sure we are on the same page - as I understand it, you consider "justified" = "true"? You seem to consider that some statements can be more "justified" than others, depending upon the accumulation of evidence either way?

In your philosophy, is there anything which we may accept as "givens" or "material reality" versus a "belief" which may or may not be true?

For example, would you consider the equation

force = mass x acceleration

a "belief" or a "true" statement useful for describing the behavior of objects under the laws of classical physics?

02-22-2005, 08:52 PM	#7
Schrodinger's Cat Macavity Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A Black Box Posts: 157	Just to make sure we are on the same page - as I understand it, you consider "justified" = "true"? You seem to consider that some statements can be more "justified" than others, depending upon the accumulation of evidence either way? In your philosophy, is there anything which we may accept as "givens" or "material reality" versus a "belief" which may or may not be true? For example, would you consider the equation force = mass x acceleration a "belief" or a "true" statement useful for describing the behavior of objects under the laws of classical physics? __________________ Macavity, Macavity, there's no on like Macavity, He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity. - T.S. Eliot, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

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