Hi Frank, Did you know that "if" is the middle word in life?
Best, Steve On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Frank Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > > I...I...I > cried...I wept like some grandmother. I wanted to tear my teeth out. I > didn't know what I wanted to do. And I want to remember it. I never > want to forget it. I never want to forget. And then I realized...like I > was shot...Like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right > through my forehead...And I thought: My God...the genius of that. The > genius. The will to do that. Perfect, genuine, complete, crystalline, > pure. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Steven Peterson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, May 6, 2010 10:01:32 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] Pirsig's theory of truth > > Hi Craig, > > I think you are right. A belief that is held may or may not be thought > to be justified even by the person holding a belief in some > circumstances. That is why it is generally thought to be important to > keep straight the three separate notions in knowledge as (1) justified > (2) true (3) belief. > > Best, > Steve > > > > > On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> [Steve] >>> it is indeed the same thing to assert that something is true and to assert >>> that you are justified in believing that > same something >> >> No. Asserting p is true & asserting you believe p are indeed the same thing. >> (Moore's paradox: "p but I don't believe p" is absurd but sometimes true.) >> But you can assert or believe the truth of p ("God exists" or "There are an >> infinite number of prime numbers") >> without any justification. >> Craig >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org/md/archives.html >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
