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From: rsl@ihlpl.ATT.COM (Richard S. Latimer                         )
Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech
Subject: Re: The nature of knowledge
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Date: Fri, 17-Jul-87 17:04:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 17 17:04:37 1987
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Keywords: truth knowledge belief absolutes certainty
Summary: logic of belief, or is it illogic?

In-Reply-To: your article <1537@ubc-cs.UUCP>

> Can anyone suggest a good summary paper of logics which encompass the
> notion of belief?
If believing is an act of accepting as true without or in spite of
evidence, then it is by its nature illogical (in the sense that
belief does not reach conclusions via non-contradictory proesses; 
logic, being the art of non-contradictory thinking).

An interesting question (to me) is why does anyone choose to
believe, since it is cleary illogical?  Any thought?
[Sounds a bit like Dr. Spock of Star Trek fiction, doesn't it?  If
you are familiar with the character, let me assure you that I am an
Earthian, complete with those wonderful feelings!  :-].
-- 
Eudaemonia,  Richard S. Latimer [(312)-416-7501, ihnp4!ihlpl!rsl]