part of the ancient tradition. Folk Beliefs‚ otherwise known as "Superstitious Beliefs"‚ forms part of a people’s value systems and culture. They basically reflect the customs‚ traditions‚ and mores of a group‚ which has been based on religious beliefs‚ opinions‚ or popular old practices. Also they tell of how a people view the unknown and the Means to appease the gods that control the future. Filipinos still adhere to numerous widely-held folk beliefs that have no scientific or logical basis
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You believe that P‚ (2) You have justification for P and (3) that P is true. This definition of knowledge was thought to have satisfied many philosophers for centuries after Plato‚ this was until philosopher Edmund Gettier wrote ‘Is justified true belief knowledge?’. In this short paper he argues that justification and truth is necessary for knowledge but not sufficient thus concluding that we need something more. Although Gettier hasn’t written anything since‚ there have been a number of responses
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“Evidence” by Kathryn Schulz covers the topic of exactly what our beliefs are based on‚ and just how hard it is for us to admit we are wrong. Throughout our lives‚ we all experience moments when we realize we were wrong about something. For a majority of the time‚ these moments are small and somewhat insignificant to the rest of our lives. However‚ that is not always the case. You probably cannot imagine the difficulty of discovering a belief you held for your entire life was utterly wrong‚ yet that is
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of knowledge is defined as awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation‚ but the work of Edmund L. Gettier discusses the idea of knowledge being an unobtainable concept. In Gettier’s article aptly titled “Is Justified true belief knowledge”‚ he talks about justification through correspondence truth and experience. Gettier attacks the process of justification with the use of logical proofs demonstrating the law of non-contradiction which states that it is impossible for something
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William K. Clifford argues in “The Ethics of Belief” that to believe in anything without sufficient evidence is unethical. Firstly‚ beliefs guide our actions‚ and actions guided by unsupported beliefs can have fatal consequences. We have a duty to mankind to perform responsible actions‚ so our beliefs must be responsible. Secondly‚ believing without thorough consideration makes one unable to support not just his claims‚ but his fellow man as well. And lastly‚ it robs people of their humanity by taking
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Cross Cultural Beliefs about The Afterlife. Seminar in Individual Differences and Personality Abstract A study of American undergraduates indicated that the beliefs about the nature of life after death were quite complicated. A 41-item questionnaire produced 12 independent groups of beliefs. Belief in an internal locus of control and that one’s life is owned by God were associated with a more positive view of the afterlife‚ as was being Roman Catholic rather than Protestant
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Belief alone is not enough to say that we have knowledge of what we believe‚ if we wish to say that we have knowledge of a belief it must be termed as justified belief for us to believe that it is a true belief. For a belief to be justified it must follow a certain standard of principles . Believing and knowing are two different things‚ belief is not a true indication of the truth and is not sufficient for knowledge if there is no justification. According to Roderick Chisholm’s attempt at revising
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2011 Dr. Mattison TRS 230 Essay Practices‚ “Big Picture Beliefs‚” and Faith a) What is a practice? Give two examples of how dating / sex / romantic love may be “practiced” differently‚ with different rules. Explain how those rules reflect both the different understandings of the practice‚ and different big picture beliefs. Practice is an intentional way to go about an activity and how it reflects their big picture beliefs. Sex has a point – directed toward loving others. Two
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illustrate the inherent dangers that lurk in building belief systems on an illegitimate foundation and why you are morally obligated to hold true belief systems. What is a belief? It is a thought(s) that is truth to the mind. Beliefs may not always be true or legitimate‚ but the fact that the mind believes them forges them in to concrete building blocks. This creates a foundation on which actions come to fruition and morals come in to play. Once beliefs are held‚ they can be very difficult to break.
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Knowledge versus Belief Introduction The traditional or classic definition of knowledge was proposed by Plato in his dialogue Theaetetus−that “knowledge is justified true belief”. This view is formulated by a study of justified beliefs that constitute knowledge‚ this study is called Epistemology. Epistemology as a branch of philosophy deals with certain questions that are conducive to know what knowledge is. These questions can be proposed in the following way: What are the necessary and sufficient
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