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Beliefs

Beliefs

A subjective attitude that a proposition is true or a state of affairs is the case. 

One cannot know something that one doesn't even believe in, the statement "I know x, but I don't believe that x is true" is contradictory.

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Introduction to Epistemology

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Basic structure of an argument from incredulity

Premise 1: I can’t explain or imagine how proposition X can be true.

Premise 2: if a certain proposition is true, then I must be able to explain or imagine how that can be.

Conclusions: proposition X is false.

The argument from incredulity

Is a logical fallacy where someone concludes that since they can’t believe that a certain concept is true, then it must be false and vice versa.

Its 2 basic forms:

I can’t imagine how X can be true; therefore, X must be false.”

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