Russellings - February 13th, 2008

10:55 am - Testimony and the Fabled Grain of Salt

Yesterday’s article made the case that knowledge is a kind of belief — the kind where you have very high confidence in the accuracy of what you believe (as opposed to, say, a matter of taste, such as what your favorite color is). And it challenged the use of the word “know” in the original essay.

How do you “know” something instead of merely believing in it? One method is to cite the kind of evidence we call eyewitness testimony. And how good is that as evidence? I started by relating a personal anecdote.

( Testimony and the Fabled Grain of Salt )

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