RE: The Problem with Pascal's Wager
May 10, 2018 at 8:08 pm
(This post was last modified: May 10, 2018 at 8:09 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 10, 2018 at 7:44 pm)Hammy Wrote:(May 10, 2018 at 7:35 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote: when we are compelled by facts, that is knowledge, not belief. Belief gives us a hedge for the possibility that we may be wrong. No hedge is needed for 2 + 2 = 4t.
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?
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