(March 18, 2017 at 1:55 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I would define knowledge to be what we honestly believe.
The reason I say that, is because, if we define knowledge as what we are justified or not, we may not be able to distinguish when we are justified and when we are not. What makes distinguish warranted justified belief from none-warranted unjustified belief, is simple, it's honesty. When we are honest to ourselves, we can distinguish between what we truly believe and what we don't. It's not about simply belief, but warranted belief, but to distinguished the warrant and non-warranted, is through honesty.
Knowledge is not a certainty. Certainty is when we are very strong at that perception with honesty and warranted belief.
Certainty is a level of knowledge. That itself has stages, and the more stronger the power of reason and sight of the heart is, the more we will be certain.
When one honestly assess what what truly believes, that is knowledge.
Now when I looked up the definition of knowledge it did say one possible interpretation was "justified belief" and I think that is the definition you have mangled here. A justified belief would be one with evidence, I know my wife loves me, would be a justified belief in her love based on her actions and words, she could however be faking it but I would still be justified in my belief. So I could say "I know she loves me"
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
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