Posted: Oct 08, 2010 3:38 am
LIFE wrote:No, since you clarified what you mean when you say "I know there is no god". Without clarification one could think that he who says "I know there is no god" is deluded if we take "to know" for "to know with absolute certainty" which prerequires the knowledge of the entire universe.
but I would say that when we say "I know" something we aren't usually making a claim that is that strong. If you were in a conversation with someone, and you remembered them saying something ten seconds ago, you would normally have no problem saying that you know that they said that thing. Issues of residual uncertainty (false memories, etc) wouldn't be an issue here. Normally, we don't need qualification on this because we all know what "I know" means.