Tell me, do you think it’s possible to know something but not believe in it? I, for one, think not. In order to believe something, you must know it in which implicates justification for your belief. I hope this issue of our magazine will enlighten you about your daily life. In case you hadn’t noticed, you make statements that affirm what your beliefs are and whether they are true or not. But, you do not ponder much upon it. Truly, some things are not always as they seem. This is when a belief can be true and justified; however, the true belief is based off of falsehood.
A person may choose to believe a statement because the words chosen have made them feel certain ways. Or, a person may choose to believe a statement because of personal beliefs in what one’s actions mean. Or, a person may choose to believe a statement because it corresponds with information in the real world outside of us.
Basic beliefs and non-basic beliefs coexist with one another. In our daily lives, we use our senses to observe and justify propositions surrounding us. This is our basic beliefs. We can know a suggestion to be true or false without observing the world through logical reasoning. This would be non-basic beliefs. “Foundationalism holds that all non-basic beliefs are ultimately justified by basic beliefs. Coherentism holds that there are no basic beliefs and that all beliefs are justified by other beliefs” because of the coherent system of consistent and mutually supportive beliefs that we accept, and are unjustified if they cannot fit into the system.
So, what is truth? That is up to us to figure and solve it ourselves.
Latasha Nelson
Latasha Nelson, Editor-in-Chief