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Knowledge, belief, and acceptance

Knowledge sometimes consists of statements about the world. This is sometimes called propositional knowledge. More generally it is knowledge that fits the notebook metaphor. But what distinguishes items in our inner notebook - beliefs as we call them - from knowledge about the world? Not every belief we hold may be true after all. These activities explore this problem of working the difference between mere belief and...

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