The Question No One Can Answer

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•A belief is the subjective requirement for knowledge.

Many scientific theories were philosophy before it they were proven. But before they were proven it was philosophy and not science.

•“Knowledge” is defined as “justified true belief.”
In order to “know,” we have our emotions, reason, perception and knowledge. There will be knowledge as long as there is a justifiable truth and belief.

With your reasoning, anything is provable just because you believe it. That's downright scary.

•In other words, a belief can be considered knowledge as long as it is a justified truth.


•As long as a particular belief is justified, it is considered to be knowledge.

These are ideas that can make you crazy if you get into some wacky belief. How do you determine if someone's beliefs are off the deep end if you equate belief with proof?

I KNOW there is an afterlife because my belief is a "justified true belief." I don't have to PROVE it. In fact, I'd be wasting my time to try. All I can do is share my "justified true beliefs" on the matter and then the rest is up to the recipient of my message.

The rest is up to the recipient of your message to what? Agree or disagree with your "justified true belief"? I believe there is an afterlife but I don't KNOW it, just as science has believed in certain philosophies before they were provable. But they were philosophies at that time and NOT science. There is a difference between BELIEF and PROOF.

As for me, I made up my mind on this topic long ago. I could change my mind, I have that choice but that doesn't change the fact that at this time, I KNOW what I believe and because its justifiable, for me it is more than just a belief, it has become knowledge.

Scary. Lots of people can justify their beliefs. That doesn't make it knowledge. It is still a belief.