You actually carry around that proposition in your head, or do you just know the truth of it without having to do so?
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There is no way for me to *know* the external world will respond to actions tomorrow the way it does today. That is why it is a belief, where I take it to be true or accept that it is probably true. Do you disagree?
The word fact is strange as science constantly corrects previous mistakes and the word know is strange as there very few things that can be *known*.
Hopefully I explained my position in a clear manner.
you don’t know anything with certainty, you don’t know you won’t have a heart attack in five minutes, and yet you don’t entertain the proposition in your mind “I probably won’t have a heart attack in five minutes.” These “beliefs” are not beliefs so much as internal knowledge insofar as knowledge is always imperfect.
Beliefs. Knowledge. Justified true belief. Justified knowledge.
All of that is to say you cannot be certain and so you go through life assigning probabilities whether consciously or subconsciously.
I think you are just hung up on the word belief. You seem to have a strange aversion to it. I don't quite get it personally with all due respect. To have knowledge without being 100% certain is to, in essence, believe something.
Almost all knowledge is a belief of some sort. 🫡
not interested in a semantic debate. If you can’t see the difference between ideology and religion vs “beliefs” you have about whether your feet will land correctly on your next walking step, I don’t think we’re gonna get anywhere.
I only originally commented because I thought the phrase "beliefs are Satans work" was funny. I did not mean to upset you.
Yes I see a difference in believing in a creator versus where your foot will land. Both use reasoning but one is based on previous empirical data and a lot of experience.
I'm agnostic. I understand different people use different reasoning for deciding what they believe about a creator. Again, wasn't trying to make you upset. 🤙🤝
No problem! Not upset — just wanted to stay on topic!