[net.philosophy] roses and knowledge 2

dr_who@umcp-cs.UUCP (08/23/83)

By quoting Shakespeare, I did not mean to imply that justifying actions is
equivalent to justifying claims of knowledge.  I meant to imply that
"contextual knowledge" as recently defined around here is equivalent to
"beliefs which are justifiedly held, in light of the context."  The point is
that nothing real is gained by applying one label rather than the other.
You can be certain about it either way -- I do not deny that one sometimes
has "every right" to be certain in the cases described by the above labels.

--Paul Torek, U of MD College Park