• Discuss the Importance of Reason and Emotion in Distinguishing between Belief and Knowledge?

     

    Essays2 Philisophy

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Published: 22.05.2006.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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Extract

Sometimes we hear reasoned arguments that oppose a view to which we are emotionally committed; sometimes we hear a passionate plea for a view we have good reason to reject. Bearing this in mind, discuss the importance of reason and emotion in distinguishing between belief and knowledge?
In Theory of Knowledge, knowledge refers to justified true belief. However, to distinguish knowledge from belief is something totally different. Knowledge is almost always valid as it has been justified. …

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