is memory. If experience is evidence, the main source of justification of these past events is our memory. Memory is a record of true propositions. It can be reliable, or not. But to remember something […]
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Knowledge, Belief, and Fantasy
What is knowledge? It’s an awareness that something your head corresponds to reality. Of course, there may be justification needed to verify that what’s in your head does actually correspond with reality. Otherwise there is […]
Confidence + Doubt = 1
Alternate title: Don’t Believe in Yourself I’ve been trying to put together a post on confidence for several weeks now, but it never seemed complete. I think it was because I never identified its opposite: […]
My Quantum Life: Using Beliefs to Limit Outcomes
We’ve talked about how morals help us gain certainty about the future. They help us narrow our path and gain clarity. If I look at my life as a set of infinite possible outcomes, how […]
The Purpose of Life
Is to figure out the purpose of life. How do we do that? We learn to discern right from wrong, establish our truths. Form our beliefs. Write logic based on those beliefs. Develop behaviors based […]