knowledge and belief

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• Knowledge and Its Limits — Author and theorist Timothy Williamson writes in his book, Knowledge and its Limits , the concept of knowledge cannot be analyzed into a set of other concepts; instead, it is sui generis. Thus, though knowledge requires justification, truth, and… …   Wikipedia

• Locke: knowledge and its limits — Ian Tipton I That John Locke’s Essay concerning Human Understanding is one of the philosophical classics is something nobody would deny, yet it is not easy to pinpoint precisely what is so special about it. Locke himself has been described as the …   History of philosophy

• best of his knowledge and belief — An expression somewhat less than positive statement. 3 Am J2d Affi § 21 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• information and belief — n. A legal term used to describe testimony that is not based on a witness’s firsthand knowledge but that the witness nevertheless sincerely believes to be true, and that is based on a reasonable, good faith effort to know the truth. The Essential …   Law dictionary

• Philosophy and Belief — is a school subject taught at schools across the country. It is similar to a subject taught across the country Religious Education. Its main differences are that it has more emphasis on things like debating, moral and philosophical issues and… …   Wikipedia

• information and belief — A standard legal term which is used to indicate that the allegation is not based on the firsthand knowledge of the person making the allegation, but that person nevertheless, in good faith, believes the allegation to be true. A request for a… …   Black's law dictionary

• information and belief — A standard legal term which is used to indicate that the allegation is not based on the firsthand knowledge of the person making the allegation, but that person nevertheless, in good faith, believes the allegation to be true. A request for a… …   Black's law dictionary

• Belief — • That state of the mind by which it assents to propositions, not by reason of their intrinsic evidence, but because of authority Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belief     Belief …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Belief — is the psychological state in which an individual holds a proposition or premise to be true. [Citation last = Schwitzgebel first = Eric editor last = Zalta editor first = Edward contribution = Belief title = The Stanford Encyclopedia of… …   Wikipedia

• Knowledge — • Knowledge, being a primitive fact of consciousness, cannot, strictly speaking, be defined; but the direct and spontaneous consciousness of knowing may be made clearer by pointing out its essential and distinctive characteristics Catholic… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Belief revision — is the process of changing beliefs to take into account a new piece of information. The logical formalization of belief revision is researched in philosophy, in databases, and in artificial intelligence for the design of rational agents.What… …   Wikipedia