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Belief and Knowledge
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BELIEF HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS 'CERTAINTY ABOUT WHAT CANNOT BE SEEN', DOES THIS STATEMENT HOLD TRUE IN ANY, SOME OR ALL AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE It always strikes into our mind as to why we recognize things that do not exist physically or by any proven means but we still account it to be true. For instance those who believe that the earth is round will report that they know the earth is round. Philosophy has traditionally defined knowledge as justified true belief. Humans used many different ways of knowing, personal and impersonal to reach to new discoveries in different fields. Belief is one of them which lies under the knowledge by conviction and provides man with knowledge unattainable by mere human logical thinking. Addressing the issue, belief has been described as "certainty about what cannot be seen," to discuss this matter we will have to look at different areas of knowledge...
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