But a decision that "contradicts reality" simply cannot be made. — TVCL
"If you want to be a mafia boss you cannot be an honest man at the same time." — TVCL
And that leads to the big question again, "What goals should a person pursue in life?" That sounds like an entirely different topic from knowledge.
— Philosophim
Not if the question is "How do I know what goals a person should pursue?" ... — TVCL
The model does not equate goals with beliefs. Instead, it recognises that goals contain implicit beliefs. — TVCL
We can use the application of knowledge to help us find the answer, but the process of knowledge itself, does not give us the answer. So it is not that we don't use the process of knowledge to find the answer, its just the definition of knowledge is not the whole story. — Philosophim
Also note: "true belief" = knowledge
This follows from the argument because knowledge = "belief that accords with reality" — TVCL
Was probably your best insight in your last set of comments and makes me think that you might be coming to understand my philosophy better than I do. — TVCL
To the first post:
Doesn't your counter-argument run the risk of making the concept of "truth" convoluted by assuming that when we claim access to truth we claim access to truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
To claim that something is true does not necessarily entail that we deem it to be certainly true or objectively true or eternally true etc. Now, I believe that such truths exist but the simple claim that truth is "accordance with reality" appears to be basically tautological and need not bring these other assumptions in which appear to confuse the issue. — TVCL
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