What is the difference between knowledge and belief?
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Knowledge is justified true belief according to Plato's theory of knowledge, requiring that a belief be justified, true, and actually held. Belief is more subjective than knowledge and exists on a continuum with knowledge, where strongly supported beliefs move closer to knowledge. While knowledge distinguishes truth and is objective, belief can be justified through personal experience, intuition, or being told by others, making it a more subjective state than knowledge.
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What is the difference between knowledge and belief?
- 1. What is the difference between knowledge and belief? ROSE AUNAETITRAKUL EMILIO SOLOMON ZAINAB YAQUB
- 2. What is knowledge? “Justified true belief” Ways of Knowing (WoK) Emotion Reason Perception Language Plato’s Theory of Knowledge K= JTB J= Justifiable T= Truth B= Belief
- 3. What is truth? Distinguishes knowledge from belief Objective requirement for knowledge “If you believe something is true, does not make it true.”
- 4. Second-Hand Knowledge Cultural Tradition School The internet Expert Opinion The news media
- 5. Limitations of Knowledge Commonsense Example: The mental map Relativism Example: Culture Certainty Example: The belief- knowledge continuum
- 6. What is belief? Subjective requirement for knowledge Belief-Knowledge Continuum
- 7. Kinds of Belief A vague belief Example: Eating fish helps you concentrate A well-supported belief Example: I believe that my teacher gave me too much homework because it took me five hours to finish it all. A belief that is beyond reasonable doubt Example: On September 11, 2001, the World Trade Center collapsed.
- 8. How is belief justified? “Someone told me” “I saw it” “I worked it out” “It’s intuitively obvious”
- 9. Limitations of Belief The role of judgment Example: “The real world” The danger of gullibility Example: Yahoo! Articles, eHow.com, Stanley Milgram Experiment The danger of skepticism Example: Science/Theories