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Article #1190Re: The nature of knowledge
From: Sarge Gerbode
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 04:19
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1987 04:19
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In article <3991@spool.WISC.EDU> planting@colby.WISC.EDU ( W. Harry Plantinga) writes: >Even in this case I don't think one is generally able to "decide" to >believe something. I think you can decide to believe something. Whether you succeed or not depends on the methods you use to instill belief in yourself. Theoretically, you could hire a good hypnotist and get the belief implanted as a post-hypnotic suggestion (a common trick). This might not work for all beliefs, but it surely works for *some*. >But one can't say "I want to believe in santa claus" and start >believing. Probably not -- yo'd have to *do* something about it. But then nothing worthwhile is accomplished without some effort :-) . -- "Absolute knowledge means never having to change your mind." Sarge Gerbode Institute for Research in Metapsychology 950 Guinda St. Palo Alto, CA 94301 UUCP: pyramid!thirdi!sarge
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!rutgers!sri-spam!ames!lll-lcc!pyramid!thirdi!sarge From: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Newsgroups: sci.philosophy.tech Subject: Re: The nature of knowledge Message-ID: <70@thirdi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 00:19:11 EDT Article-I.D.: thirdi.70 Posted: Thu Jul 30 00:19:11 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 04:32:38 EDT References: <58@thirdi.UUCP> <2401@ihlpl.ATT.COM> <66@thirdi.UUCP> <1537@botter.cs.vu.nl> <68@thirdi.UUCP> <3991@spool.WISC.EDU> Reply-To: sarge@thirdi.UUCP (Sarge Gerbode) Distribution: world Organization: Third Eye Software, Palo Alto, CA Lines: 23 Keywords: truth knowledge belief absolutes certainty Summary: You *can* decide to believe.