Knowledge vs. Belief LO2612

JOHN N. WARFIELD (jwarfiel@osf1.gmu.edu)
Tue, 29 Aug 1995 07:00:04 -0400 (EDT)

A variety of contributions to this list have collectively spurred me to
bring up a topic that I will call "knowledge versus belief".
Closely allied with this are questions related to "truth".

I propose to you that knowledge is depersonalized belief. Further that
by depersonalizing belief to get the concept of knowledge, we replace a
genuine concept--belief--with an artificial concept--knowledge.

I propose to you further that truth is depersonalized conviction.
Further that truth is inevitable belief, where there is no time limit on
the inevitability.

If these ideas are interesting to you, I recommend that you read PEIRCE
ON SIGNS, James Hoopes, Ed., U of No Carolina Press, 1991.

--
John Warfield
Jwarfiel@gmu.edu