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Re: [lojban] re: djuno [was: random lojban annoyance



In a message dated 3/19/2001 2:16:42 PM Central Standard Time,
xod@sixgirls.org writes:


What the heck does "without evidence" mean? Nobody believes anything
without evidence. That their evidence is flimsy to another person is a
separate issue.

This can give rise to a paradox, if taken literally, or an infinite regree\ss
proving it is impossible to believe anything.  But the point here is just
that the question of evidence need not arise in defending a claim that a
person believes something.  In the case of knowledge, by contrast, evidence
is one of the crucial factors, though not the only one.