I’m not interested in what the dictionary says or a textbook definition I’m interested in your personal distinction between the two ideas. How do you decide to put an idea in one category versus the other? I’m not interested in the abstract concepts like ‘objective truth’ I want to know how it works in real life for you.

  • jbrains@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Belief regards opinions, in which people have a free choice to accept or reject the idea. There is no notion of rightness or wrongness.

    Knowledge regards conclusions from a set of axioms, in which people who accept the axioms are honor-bound to accept the conclusions. To reject the conclusion while accepting the axioms would be wrong.

    In my life, this governs when I can freely choose and when I am obliged to accept a claim based on whether I’ve accepted previous claims.

    • an_onanist@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 months ago

      So, if we haven’t studied the underlying axioms or foundation of a conclusion, we cannot have knowledge of it? That seems to imply the only things we have knowledge of are the things we have invested significant time and energy into. It’s that correct?