Belief

the key issues in epistemology. In The Problem of the Criterion, R.M. Chisholm successfully argues that through the particularist method we can sort the truth from the fallacies. Chisholm manages this by laying out a procedure to sort true beliefs from false beliefs and setting fair conditions on the particularist’s method. The problem of the criterion, as laid out by Chisholm is “the vicious circle” (1982, p. 61) or descending into an infinite regress. To distinguish true cases of knowledge,…

obligation), only a few believe, if any that counseling is value-free. A large part of the Team discovery is clients who seek for counseling has some tied to religious or spiritual beliefs. The Reviewer however, believes that spiritual and religious issues sometimes are not the primary focus of seeking counseling, the belief of a higher-power remains to be a relevant demographic or cultural variable. Further, MHC agrees to “seek spiritual understanding of one’s place in the universe” and is…

God and my belief is rational. For my example, from my previous ethics class, I learned that Aristotle explained compulsion occurs when one has no control over one’s body. This is because even when there is compulsion one still has a choice and can make a choice whatever the consequence will be. If someone is asking me to release…

But how do you combat this natural defense that we all use? Never show evidence that will cause them to act defensively or you might just make their belief stronger. Kahan’s study with the newspaper showed how people with different beliefs respond to such an article about global warming. It was then proven that hierarchical people are more accepting that we are the cause of global warming and that this is a true article. When it comes down to…

change from person to person, resulting in changes in what is thought to be knowledge, or belief. Over the span of an individual’s life, an interconnected web is built out of one’s beliefs, what they perceive as knowledge, and what they believe is true. Emotion has an impact on perception of a given situation. It can alter the way a person thinks about an event or idea, generating changes in the foundations of belief, and consequently changing the foundations of what that person perceives as…

is to truly “know” something, and how trustworthy are the facts that humans thought they knew. Over the years, countless theories about knowledge arose until one definition of knowledge became widely recognized: Justified, True, Belief. The concept of justified, true, belief is centered around conditions that must be fulfilled in order for someone to know…

they are physically hurting but also when they need mental help as well. They support their patients, listen to them even if just for a moment, so that they feel like they are more than just a person in a hospital bed but a human being. It is my belief that a good nurse holds both their own values and those of their patients at an equal level and respects their patients values as much as their own. In my attempt to understand the true needed values of nursing I interviewed a nurse who will be…

researched are (1) what is the relationship between nurses’ demographic variables and nurses’ pre-educational intervention knowledge and attitudes regarding lactation in the NICU? (2) Is there a difference in the lactation knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of NICU nurses following implementation of an educational intervention?; (3) Is there a difference in the intentions of NICU nurse to provide lactation support to mothers of hospitalized infants following implementation of an educational…

Is there a difference between justified true belief and knowledge? For the philosopher Plato, these terms defined knowledge, until the philosopher Edmund Gettier proposed the contrary. Gettier suggested the knowledge is more than true justified and belief, so according to Gettier Plato’s theory does not define knowledge, because true, belief and justification can be satisfy. However, it does not exactly mean knowledge. Knowledge from my point of view is more complex than what Plato proposed. In…

Martina James David Detmer Philosophy 221 21. March 2017 The Clifford/James Debate In 1877, William Kingdon Clifford wrote his essay “The Ethics of Belief”, in which he famously formulated evidentialism. Here is the question he poses: Is it ever morally permissible to believe a proposition on insufficient evidence, or is it ever okay to let our opinion be influenced by something other than evidence and rational argumentation? He answers the question with a resounding no, and he specifies it as…