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GliderGuider

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8. No, I'm simply saying that most of what we call "knowledge" seems to be belief.

Reply to delrem (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 07:02 PM

Mar 2015

Whether it's "actually" knowledge or belief doesn't really matter except to epistemologists, and maybe not even to all of them. There's nothing disparaging about the idea - I'm just trying to get a better insight into how the mind functions, so I can watch my own at work. I actually think the operation of belief systems is deeply fascinating. Most of our beliefs are unconscious, and there's certainly nothing negative about that - it's just the way we are.

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Are there any Pyrrhonian skeptics in the group? [View all] GliderGuider Mar 2015 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author seabeyond Mar 2015 #1

I guess that would be a "no". Too bad, it could probably enhance your neuroplasticity... GliderGuider Mar 2015 #2

What I figure that I *know* is true is a subset of what I *believe* is true. delrem Mar 2015 #3

To a first approximation, all knowledge is based on belief. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #4

What pyramid, that you claim others are scaling "all the way to the tip"? delrem Mar 2015 #5

Sorry, I was unclear. I'm not talking about scaling a pyramid of knowledge GliderGuider Mar 2015 #6

Well, that's an elaborate belief system that you describe! delrem Mar 2015 #7

No, I'm simply saying that most of what we call "knowledge" seems to be belief. GliderGuider Mar 2015 #8

"I'm just trying to get a better insight into how the mind functions, delrem Mar 2015 #9

As you say, GliderGuider Mar 2015 #10

huh? It's your OP. delrem Mar 2015 #11

A lot of of people don't know the philosophical definition of idealism GliderGuider Mar 2015 #12