(May 10, 2018 at 8:08 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(May 10, 2018 at 7:44 pm)Hammy Wrote: Belief can be both rational and irrational. I think you're thinking of faith.
For starters, belief is one of the requisites of knowledge. Some would say that knowledge = justified true belief.
I definitely do believe that 2+2=4. The alternative would be disbelieving it.
#limitations of the semantics of "belief".
-You don;t know that, or do you? Do you know it and believe it? Do you believe it but not know it?
It would be easy for us to tangle over words here. I'd much rather look at the concepts behind the words. Would you say belief is the acceptance of possibilities based on incomplete facts, and once the facts are complete (justified), that is knowledge.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
