Sarah
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Post by Sarah on Sept 10, 2006 17:22:11 GMT -5
do you really think so? do you believe certain people are led solely by this willful blindness?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 13, 2006 9:25:59 GMT -5
Isn't the matter of whether to believe or not something based on choice in the first place?
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Sarah
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Post by Sarah on Sept 16, 2006 11:25:52 GMT -5
But isn't belief sometimes led by research and in-depth analysis?
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Post by KoNeko on Sept 16, 2006 19:06:32 GMT -5
So how is belief different from knowledge then?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 17, 2006 9:13:01 GMT -5
Can't you believe in something that might not necessarily have been proven Ko? Would that be knowledge?
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Sarah
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Post by Sarah on Sept 19, 2006 13:03:05 GMT -5
how could that be classified as knowledge?
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Post by nancy on Sept 24, 2006 18:08:16 GMT -5
Well, aren't there several categories of knowledge?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 24, 2006 18:08:18 GMT -5
Isn't "knowledge" sometimes used in the sense of "to know"? Wouldn't that leave no distinction whatsoever between that which is true and that which isn't considering that you can practically believe anything you want to?
What are these categories nancy?
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Post by nancy on Sept 24, 2006 18:09:50 GMT -5
But is knowing the same as believing?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 24, 2006 18:20:19 GMT -5
Isn't it so because you believe in what you know to be true?
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Post by nancy on Sept 24, 2006 18:23:18 GMT -5
That still doesn't mean it's the same, no? Isn't knowledge the same for all people?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 24, 2006 18:31:03 GMT -5
Are you referring to the general meaning of the word "knowledge"? Because then can't people believe in what they want, be it right or not? Wouldn't that fall under the freedom of speech?
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Post by nancy on Sept 24, 2006 18:35:47 GMT -5
Freedom of belief, wouldn't you say?
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Post by hermoine on Sept 25, 2006 3:14:55 GMT -5
That is more of an appropriate term isn't it? But aren't these two freedoms also connected seeing how generally you believe in what you're saying?
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Post by nancy on Sept 27, 2006 23:40:28 GMT -5
What about people who are lying? How easy do you think it is to lie to oneself?
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