From pycyn@aol.com Mon Mar 19 12:41:20 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: Pycyn@aol.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_0_4); 19 Mar 2001 20:41:20 -0000 Received: (qmail 64781 invoked from network); 19 Mar 2001 20:41:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 19 Mar 2001 20:41:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO imo-m04.mx.aol.com) (64.12.136.7) by mta2 with SMTP; 19 Mar 2001 20:41:13 -0000 Received: from Pycyn@aol.com by imo-m04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.5.) id r.9.12915c06 (4314) for ; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:41:09 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <9.12915c06.27e7c8e5@aol.com> Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 15:41:09 EST Subject: Re: [lojban] re: djuno [was: random lojban annoyance To: lojban@yahoogroups.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_9.12915c06.27e7c8e5_boundary" Content-Disposition: Inline X-Mailer: AOL 6.0 for Windows US sub 10501 From: pycyn@aol.com --part1_9.12915c06.27e7c8e5_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. --part1_9.12915c06.27e7c8e5_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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.  
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