Between Knowing and Believing

Can we be certain that what we now think are facts are not merely beliefs?

Like everyone else, I long to know and embrace what is true and trustworthy. Yet as I get older, I have reluctantly come to the view that I know less and believe more – not because I have lapsed into some form of credulity, but rather because much of what I once thought was knowledge now seems to be opinion or belief. It leaves us with the awkward question, which we need to confront honestly: how can we be sure that what we think we now know is not in fact simply a belief? And is the difference between them partly a matter of our location in the historical process?

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Abraham Joseph 28 January 2019

Congrats IAI TV for bringing this article! It was a very rarely discussed subject!

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