Thursday, March 27, 2014

The Gettier Problem

Plato "true, justified belief," but Paul Gettier demonstrated the problems with Plato's definition of knowledge.

In your opinion, what is the deference between knowledge and belief? How do you know when you know something, versus when you merely believe it? Can you both believe and know something, or are they mutually exclusive? Provide examples to help illustrate your ideas.  

 
Plato

Knowledge is based in scientific methods and belief is a part of a cultural of groups of people, for instance, Latin American mostly believe that when it's cloudy it rain. The knowledge in data scientific method that if it's cloudy then it's rained. Because it's congested so the vapor goes etc. so this is proven scientifically. Now, the belief is part of the human but the belief is not proven scientifically. The experience needed to be experience to believe and know. The knowledge comes first and then comes then belief. You know that you know something because you have already been practice. For example, when you are going to drive, you know that you can drive because you are conducting because you've practice. I know that I know something because I can apply something. Another example, I can write because I apply it in my life. You can either believe or not believe you cannot just merely believe things. For example you can't be almost sick, It's either you are sick or not.  Another illustration, is either you like your boyfriend or you merely like him.

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