Michael

Yes. The meaning of a proposition is one thing, the motivation for a speech act is another. The latter is irrelevant for this discussion. Just because...

You can, that's what the justification does. If you have justification that X is true, and if X is true, then you have ascertained that X is true.

No, not according to us. It's not according to anyone. It's about what actually is the case. I don't understand what's difficult about this.

It's not according to anyone. It's about what really is the case, irrespective of what anyone believes.

No it doesn't. Michael has ascertained that Issac had toast this morning if 1) it is an independent fact that Issac had toast this morning, 2) Michael...

It doesn't. It refers to the independent fact that it is raining.

1. if you had toast this morning and if I saw you eat toast this morning and if I believe that you had toast this morning then I have ascertained that...

I honestly don't know what you're saying any more. Your original claim was that the JTB definition of knowledge entails that flat-Earthers have knowle...

It is arguable. If you had toast for breakfast this morning and if I believe that you had toast for breakfast this morning, it would be false to say t...

No, it's a justified true belief. Obviously if bishops can actually move vertically as well then they don't know the rules of the game.

I'm saying: 3) if one has a justified true belief then one has ascertained that one's belief is true

Justification isn't what makes a belief true, it's what makes a true belief count as knowledge (as opposed to a lucky guess).

I don't know about with certainty, but they can know the rules of a game by watching the game and learning how it's played. If they watch the bishops ...

No, but if one has a justified true belief then one has ascertained that one's belief is true.

What’s there to say? I believe that it’s raining because I’m outside, getting wet, and can see the water falling from the clouds. That’s the justifica...

The justification for a true belief is how the truth is ascertained.

I did, and they still don’t mean the same thing. A claim about the weather is not a claim about one’s belief. It can, given the JTB definition of know...

Moore's paradox has nothing to do with this discussion, and was only brought up because of Isaac's misleading question. Given the JTB definition of kn...

Whether or not the Earth is flat is not an abstract concept. Whether or not the Earth is flat "exists" in reality. Whether or not the Earth is flat is...

It doesn't. The former is a claim about the weather, and is true if it is raining. The latter is a claim about my belief, and can be true even if it i...

The same way most people do. The world isn't just what I believe it to be. Sometimes the things I believe turn out to be wrong. If you want to argue f...

Nothing. What relevance is that?

Plenty of our beliefs are justified. It's just that beliefs about aliens probably aren't.

"It is raining" doesn't mean the same thing as "I believe that it is raining". The former is a claim about the weather, and is true if it is raining. ...

The former is true if 1) I believe that it is raining, 2) I am justified in believing that it is raining, and 3) it is raining, whereas the latter is ...

Because, arguably, none of our beliefs are justified, and so the second condition isn't met. And in the case of the flat-Earthers, they don't have kno...

Not really sure. I just know that there's a difference in meaning between "it is raining" and "I believe that it is raining". The former is a statemen...

No. Being true and being justified are two separate conditions.

You're conflating the strict meaning of the sentence with its use in practice. This is addressed in Moore's paradox: "It is raining, but I do not beli...

In the first case I'm saying that I believed my prior belief was justified and true, whereas in the second case I'm saying only that I had a belief.

If P1 is true then P2 is false; if P2 is true then P1 is false. It's not. Consider this example: 1. I thought I knew that aliens exist, but aliens don...

There is no problem. If aliens exist then nobody can know that aliens don't exist. If aliens don't exist then nobody can know that aliens exist. It's ...

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That has no bearing on what it means to be true. Either the Earth is flat or it isn't. It can't be both. It can't be neither. It can't be flat for som...

What is considered to be true and what is actually true are two very different things. I can believe that something is true and be wrong. Knowledge re...

However, one's 10,000th post is an exception to this. 10,000 is special. This is my 10,000th post. You're welcome.

Also from your link, immediately prior to your quote: Whether or not the Earth is flat has nothing to do with whether or not anyone believes that the ...

New Zealand to ban cigarettes for future generations Interesting approach.

Why does justification require absolute certainty? The Cambridge dictionary defines it as "having a good reason for something" which is consistent wit...

My arm moves when I will it. Is that magick?

Unless you know ahead of time that the person is more at risk from the vaccine than the virus then the sensible advice is to get the vaccine. You migh...

Not telling people to get vaccinated throws a greater percentage under the bus.

What do you mean by a belief being justified? Because I understand it as meaning that, given the information available, a rational person can cogently...

People can die from surgery. I’m still going to suggest that people who have internal injuries or tumours or whatever have surgery. People can choke o...

Yes, but driving cars has a legitimate purpose. Not being vaccinated doesn’t have a legitimate purpose. Except in cases where there is a medical reaso...

mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna don’t use a piece of virus DNA.

You should get vaccinated

That's the case according to loop quantum gravity. According to general relativity and string theory it's continuous.

Where did she objectify men?