tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703554975534071848.post5506280650526291936..comments2014-01-07T23:47:15.207-08:00Comments on Platitudes in the Making: Can I Change Your Mind? Alexander Westenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03103833671948372511noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703554975534071848.post-22875559659840439292013-09-30T04:40:29.746-07:002013-09-30T04:40:29.746-07:00Nice! This raises the interesting question of what...Nice! This raises the interesting question of what the point is at which 'thinking strongly that one believes' becomes 'believing'. A sceptic may say that we don't believe anything, and only think strongly. Hence (the sceptic says) we only 'think strongly' that 2+2=4. In that case there is genuinely no disagreement at all, because there are no differing judgments (only differences in thought about judgments). However I take it that this isn't the path you wanted to go down! Now, the alternative (it seems) would be to equate some form of subjective certainty with belief (or at least, a form of certainty that would render as genuine belief the certainty ordinary people have in the truth that 2+2=4). But I'm inclined to think that this path would lead one away from the position that 98% of 'strong differences' are merely apparent differences. For lots of irrational beliefs are held with the same 'subjective certainty' as the belief that 2+2=4. Haha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com