Re: dhw--Epistemological Framework (Belief) (Humans)

by xeno6696 @, Sonoran Desert, Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 11:40 (4858 days ago) @ dhw

"Acceptance of information which is thought to be true by some but not all individuals who are aware of it." -And my own: Acceptance of a claim. -To settle fears about this being too simple, lets consider that it is possible to believe something that is known by others, and not yourself. For awhile as an atheist, I believed in evolution, instead of having knowledge about it. -In my personal usage I use the term "accept" as in "I provisionally accept the claim [x] made by consensus," as opposed to "I believe [x]." -If more conciseness is needed, we can modify it.-Maybe "Acceptance of a claim where knowledge is ambiguous?" It is very similar to your own, only a tad more concise.

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"


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