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there is no knowledge that is arrived at without recourse to persuasion. All knowledge is, in the end, simply belief held very confidently—confidently enough that we feel completely safe acting on that knowledge. As
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
theories of social nn•nuory should he a central part of the sociology of knowledge
Barbara Misztal • Theories Of Social Remembering (Theorizing Society)
Knowing is an activity. The ing on the end of the word ‘know’ means it is active now. Knowing - not the known or what will been known. Knowing.
Gilbert Schultz • Self Illumination
Some philosophers have argued that, despite widespread intuitions to the contrary, knowledge is not merely a mat... See more
Céline Henne • Frameworks
Reason, as Locke uses the term, consists of two parts: first, an inquiry as to what things we know with certainty; second, an investigation of propositions which it is wise to accept in practice, although they have only probability and not certainty in their favour. “The grounds of probability,” he says, “are two: conformity with our own experience
... See moreBertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
we need to be able to make reliable assessments about the state of our knowledge, in such a way that when necessary we can hold back from taking any position until we learn more; and we need to accept that while knowledge may be analog, decision making is often digital, that is, binary. I may believe with some but not absolute confidence that one p
... See moreAlan Jacobs • How to Think: A Survival Guide for a World at Odds
How Do We Know?: An Introduction to Epistemology (Questions in Christian Philosophy)
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you cannot prove a norm of rational proof without using it. So reason can make a case that it is the way to truth only by appealing to itself.
Timothy Keller • Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Sceptical
Ordinary usage suggests two characteristics of rational judgement or action. First, the judgement or action would be based on beliefs about the world which were reasonable. Not necessarily correct beliefs – as we have seen, in a world of radical uncertainty we may not know even after the event what the true state of the world was.