[MD] Pirsig's theory of truth

[Steven Peterson]

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 <frankbooth66 at yahoo.com> 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 <peterson.steve at gmail.com>
> To: moq_discuss at moqtalk.org
> 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,  <craigerb at comcast.net> 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
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