[Buddha-l] beliefs

[Richard P. Hayes]

On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 11:34 -0700, Bob Zeuschner wrote:
> I remember reading somewhere that
> 
> Belief supported by justification/evidence is called knowledge.
> 
> Belief without support or justification is called faith.

To make things really confusing, the Sanskrit term for belief supported
by justification is s'raddhaa, which is usually (mis)translated as
faith. Having strong s'raddhaa is almost the antithesis of having strong
faith (except perhaps in the sense of having faith IN someone or
something).

> A popular definition of "knowledge" in philosophy is "justified true 
> belief." Belief refers to someone's attitude towards a claim.

Let's not tell anyone about Gettier, eh? 

-- 
Richard Hayes