The cow was flapping in the breeze
Seeing is believing.
Today's philosophy problem is about a farmer who checks on his prize cow. He thinks he sees the cow in the field, but it's actually something else. The herdsman actually sees the cow in the field. The cow was in the field all along, but the farmer was mistaken in his impressions. The question is whether the farmer was right to say the cow was there.
The farmer was right for the wrong reason, but, I think the crucial point is that he believed he knew the truth. The problem, I suppose, is that his version of reality was out of line with reality as it actually was. There wasn't really any cost to the farmer because the herdsman confirmed with facts what the farmer thought to be the truth. If the cow had been in another field, then that would've been another matter. The farmer probably would've wondered how the cow, having been in one field, had strayed to another.
The issue seems to stray into the realm of belief where knowledge isn't based on facts. For some reason, we need to know of the gods and, somehow, this is sufficient reason for our belief in them.
Today's philosophy problem is about a farmer who checks on his prize cow. He thinks he sees the cow in the field, but it's actually something else. The herdsman actually sees the cow in the field. The cow was in the field all along, but the farmer was mistaken in his impressions. The question is whether the farmer was right to say the cow was there.
The farmer was right for the wrong reason, but, I think the crucial point is that he believed he knew the truth. The problem, I suppose, is that his version of reality was out of line with reality as it actually was. There wasn't really any cost to the farmer because the herdsman confirmed with facts what the farmer thought to be the truth. If the cow had been in another field, then that would've been another matter. The farmer probably would've wondered how the cow, having been in one field, had strayed to another.
The issue seems to stray into the realm of belief where knowledge isn't based on facts. For some reason, we need to know of the gods and, somehow, this is sufficient reason for our belief in them.
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