Talk:Epistemology

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy observing the link between 1. scientific knowledge, 2. justification - how people justify their actions, 3. belief/what people think they remember or know.

Epistemology is a branch of philosophy observing the link between

1. 1. Scientific knowledge (facts, things that have been measured, interviews);
2. 2. Justification (how people justify their actions, viewpoints, what they stand up for);
3. 3. Belief/what people think they remember or know.

Either the 3 fall together: you remember scientific insights, you justify your actions based on them, why you stand by your position and actions, and are prepared to defend your position and actions.

Either you have a combination of only 2 which lead to these "funny" phenomena: A: Justification and belief - and what is missing is scientific proof or insights: you belief you saw proof of a god, and belief someone wrote your god's words in a book, and as it read there = god told/demanded - you have to convert everybody to your belief and it's ok to kill everybody else. Result: you can justify a holy war and why you are killing people, you participate in the killings themselves and it's ok for you, you can live with it. What's wrong: you think that you are reading the words of a god, but are you sure? It is sure that somebody wrote those words. But were they from god or was it perhaps a lunatic - someone with a conduct or mental disorder who actually heard himself and mistook it for being some god talking? Look up: Toxic Tetrad, conduct disorder, mental disorder.

B: Scientific knowledge and Justification: so belief is missing. So you justify what you're doing and saying because science tells you, but you don't understand very well. Solution: look for someone who can explain it, maybe in other words you do understand.

C: Belief and scientific knowledge fall together: ... No time to complete, thy if you have time. --SvenAERTS (talk) 16:06, 5 October 2020 (UTC)