tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8171967024995542238..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What if I am wrong in my beliefs? - what if I have made a mistake?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-76394459227293428622015-07-28T06:17:52.317+01:002015-07-28T06:17:52.317+01:00@NF - I'm not sure whether I agree - your comm...@NF - I'm not sure whether I agree - your comment does seem to hold onto (or not quite let go of) the (false) idea that being intellectually rigorous entails a kind of purifying self-examination by doubt. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-71024477600183263372015-07-28T06:14:34.412+01:002015-07-28T06:14:34.412+01:00@WmJas - Of course it must be Christian striving -...@WmJas - Of course it must be Christian striving - to strive for power, lust or revenge is not the same thing! So probably Faust would not be covered. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-1522888290327090672015-07-28T05:25:29.271+01:002015-07-28T05:25:29.271+01:00"Man errs as long as he strives." (the L..."Man errs as long as he strives." (the Lord at the beginning of Goethe's <i>Faust</i>)<br /><br />"Whoever strives with all his might, him we can save." (the angels at the end of the same play)<br /><br />Wm Jas Tychonievichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446790072877463982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-34157768085294278802015-07-28T03:54:34.375+01:002015-07-28T03:54:34.375+01:00I suppose it depends upon what I am doubting.
If ...I suppose it depends upon what I am doubting.<br /><br />If I am doubting the lens of my worldview because I am aware that it is a projection it may have some validity. Too much confidence in the correctness of my template leaves me unable to recognize error that may be inherent in the axioms I have accepted as a given. <br /><br />But what should not be doubted?<br /><br />Direct experience should not be doubted, but an interpretation of it should always be questioned and requestioned. To fail to seriously question an interpretation is at best naivety or laziness, and at worst its is arrogant. Knowing that I do not know, and potentially cannot know, is valuable. It does offer some humility because I am finite not infinite; intelligent not omniscient. We err regularly in our interpretations, so except it and drop what is false as it becomes evidently the case.<br />Nicholas Fulfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15779171820370486921noreply@blogger.com