25 Aug '22 11:52>
Why are things believed?
Proposed answers: not because they are true, but because
a) they seem to someone to be true, or
b) they seem to someone to explain some complex or mysterious phenonemon better than an alternative hypothesis, or
c) they seem to someone to be consistent with or logically implied by something else which seems to be true, or
d) some putative authority figure says they are true.
<>Discuss.
Proposed answers: not because they are true, but because
a) they seem to someone to be true, or
b) they seem to someone to explain some complex or mysterious phenonemon better than an alternative hypothesis, or
c) they seem to someone to be consistent with or logically implied by something else which seems to be true, or
d) some putative authority figure says they are true.
<>Discuss.