Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Does knowledge need to be true??
It is said that in order to know something, that something needs to be truthful. Yet, at what level does this knowledge need to be true, does it need to be absolutely true, or can it be an absolute lie? I beleive that there does need to be some truth but it does not have to be absolute truth. I beleive that in order for something to be considered knowledge, you have to have a level of beleif to it, to have some sort of justification to say that you know something, and to have some truth. For this truth, I beleive that it does not neccesarly have to be true but one has to beleive that it is true. For example someone may be able to say that they know something, believing that it is true, but without being informed it is infact a lie. Therefore one may not need truth to say that they know something, but as long as they beleive that they know something is true, then it is a level of truth and therfore can be considered knowledge.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
If you are being lied to, and you only think that it's true, I don't believe that counts as knowledge, because it isn't true. Although you have been led to believe it is true, it is still not true, and I think it should then be referred to as false or supposed knoledge, but not actually knowledge.
Post a Comment