Re: dhw--Epistemological Framework (Humans)

by David Turell , Saturday, January 22, 2011, 15:29 (4862 days ago) @ dhw

Belief, however, requires a decision (e.g. God exists, life originated by chance).
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> Step 2, then, is to establish an epistemological framework not for knowledge (already agreed), but for belief. First, though, we need to agree on a definition of belief, and so again tentatively let me propose this: possession of information which is thought to be true by some but not all individuals who are aware of it.-
I've followed your discussion without stepping in, but now as a lurker, I must.Believers are those who accept without question certain 'facts' , as they view it. They recognize that others do not accept their point of view. Therefore they recognize they do not have possession of a majority belief. They understand they have faith. Your sentence impies much of this, but leaves out the faith part. Strong belief in disputed facts requires faith. As an example, I don't accept the miracles of the Catholic Faith, but they do.