(May 1, 2013 at 4:10 pm)Love Wrote: Is there anything in life that you just "know" based on pure intuition? Or do you always require empirical evidence to gain knowledge about something?
Yes but no. There is plenty in life that I act on which does not rise to the standard necessary to call it "knowledge". That doesn't mean I would never place my full confidence in a gut feeling, hunch or intuition. But knowledge isn't about confidence or actionability. And neither is a belief knowledge just in case it happens to be true. I don't think any private belief I might have for which I can't make a case that is convincing for the right reasons deserves to be called knowledge.
