RE: Question about "faith"
September 13, 2020 at 6:24 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2020 at 6:30 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(September 13, 2020 at 3:02 am)Angrboda Wrote: I asked how we know. You answered how we don't know. It's possible that we don't know anything.It's not possible, but true by definition, that we don't know anything - if we have no way of knowing other than feeling a certain way about a thing.
You drawing a blank for knowledge claims that arise from something other than feeling a certain way about a thing?
Quote:But I started with the assumption that what you said was true, that we know things on the one hand, and that we have faith on the other hand. I asked you to show me how. What you gave me isn't a way to know something. Maybe it's a way to not know something. But it's not a way to know something, which is what I asked for.Have you considered the difference between feeling a certain way about christ, and noticing that you breath, as I suggested?
Quote:(ETA: It's possible you are misreading the question. If my question were, "How do we know that we know apart from feeling like we know?" then your response would have been an answer to my question. That wasn't what I asked, however, but rather, "How do we know what we know apart from feeling like we know?" And note, my question itself assumes that we do in fact know things, so this rant of yours about not knowing as an answer to that particular question would just be a red herring.)
Do you feel a certain way about a thing, or know that?
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