Whats the difference between Knowledge and Belief? How do you know what we think to be true is mere Belief?

Belief is more emotional, knowledge is intellectual. Knowledge has more of rationality than beliefs. Belief is less examined with objectivity whereas knowledge admits different viewpoints.Truth is a matter of concrete experience that goes beyond others opinion, emotions and even thoughts. Ability to arrive at clarity in once experience and courage to remain there help know the truth.Whats the difference between Knowledge and Belief? How do you know what we think to be true is mere Belief?
The traditional answer is that knowledge is true reasonable belief. If you have good reason to think your beliefs are true, then you can consider them knowledge. Just recognize that sometimes you may be wrong about that, as not all reasoned beliefs turn out to be true, and thus you don't really know everything you think you know.





How much reason is needed depends on how contentious your statement is and the purpose for making it. However, this is the bulk of the argument surrounding the philosophy of knowledge. All major theories on epistemology center in some manner on the role of reason in knowledge (except David Lewis' approach, but that method was kind of ridiculous, as it concluded that everything that's true you know, even if you don't believe it).Whats the difference between Knowledge and Belief? How do you know what we think to be true is mere Belief?
You can ';believe'; in whatever you want; no one can prove that you are right or wrong.


But to ';know'; something, you should follow these conditions:


a) The statement must be true;


b) You believe that the statement is true;


c) You are justified in believing that the statement is true: you must be able to prove that the statement is true; and


d) Your justification for believing that the statement is true does not depend on a false statement.





The way of obtaining knowledge differs from one person to another. Some people say that they learn from experience; others say that they learn from reason; and others say that they learn from both experiencing and reasoning.
Knowledge is acquired and accumulated through self effort whereas belief can be indoctrinated by the society. The best way is not to believe blindly but seek to find out through knowledge and then believe it, if it is found to be true and beneficient to you and the society at large. Unfortunately huge number of ignorant people do not question what is indoctrinated as a belief into them which is a major cause of strife and hatred in the world.
Many people have the Knowledge of the Bible but they don't believe it to be true.





Then you can believe in God and know nothing about Him.


Example to explain Belief;





A person that has never heard the Word of God sits under a tree. Then feeling down all their life looks at the tree and says ';I don't know who you are but I am talking to whoever made this tree. I need help.';





The person having know idea of God, sin, the Bible, Heaven or Hell; calls out for help, only knowing that they needed help from whoever mad the tree; calling out in belief that they would be helped by the tree's maker.
I believe its a combination of perception, experience, exposure and our value system that each of us rely on. Our experiences in life, along with lessons learned from success and mistakes help to define our perceived knowledge. Knowledge also derives from teachings we choose (individually) to accept and reject. Have you ever talked to someone and shared factual information, talked until you're blue in the face to present the facts, especially if you can see that person is about to make a terrible mistake, and get dismissed? Then when the error manifest that person will either admit they were wrong or remain in denial, as if the truth can be ignored? They BELIEVE they know right from wrong (in this case) however the FACTS speak for itself.





Belief - an interchangable term. We believe certain things that are also proven facts. We believe air in there. Cant see it, but can see the manifestations of it. Exist as a consequence of it being there. Its tangible in act not by actual sight of IT, along with proof of its presence its there-i.e, the wind that we can feel and see the works of. Our faith in it is substantiated by our value in it, because of our inability to actually see it.





Something like faith in God. Its subjective to what you INDIVIDUALLY choose to perceive.
classically, ';knowledge'; was believed to be universal, immutable, and uniform for all. it was bound by a procedure in order to be understood and established. and it was believed to be capable of making correct predictions in the contexts in which it could be applied.





but the mutability of knowledge soon became evident when new evidence contradicts accepted explanations on the basis of the conventional knowledge. for example, the principle of gravitational force - it was considered to be ';knowledge';, but later proved to be only theory.





logically, all knowledge is thus constrained by the conditions presently known. no postulate can be made that these conditions will not change.





therefore, all knowledge is only belief.
Knowledge is defined as a, ';true justified belief';, any philosophy professor will tell you that (ask one if you don't believe me). All knowledge is a form of belief. The only justified belief is the one proven through reason. The only time the rational belief is not true is when you have less than adequate information to make your judgment.
Knowledge in something universal.It consists of those facts which are accepted by everybody. Belief is personal. Different individuals may have different beliefs on the same matter. People tend to have different beliefs depending on their way of thinking( which in turn depends on the person's upbringing , education (KNOWLEDGE) , etc).
Both are the same, in a certain way. When you believe in something you have a blind faith on it, and when you possess any knowledge you also feel the same way. But the tricky part is that both can be false, for example when everyone believed that earth was the center of the universe, for centurys that was the truth...
Knowledge is BIRTH, Belief is REBIRTH.


Knowledge is RELATIONSHIP, Belief is LOVE.


Knowledge is Death, Belief is LIFE AFTER DEATH.


Knowledge is POWER, Belief is GOD.


Knowledge is EARTH, Belief is also HEAVEN and HELL.


Knowledge may be ADULTRATED, Belief is PURE.
knowledge is facts and beliefs is your confidence that something is true.





as for the second question I think that anything that has been scientifically proven is knowledge as for those things that aren't can be considered beliefs
I find this question difficult because to me all the above are concepts which when defined tend to confuse a matter. A persons behavior reveals to some extent wether he/she lives in love and wisdom, truth can not be defined only lived in, I believe.
If you believe in something, what you believe in usually cannot prove to be true or wrong. Knowledge, however is something that... one can understand by evidence or study.


I don't know about the second one.
Knowledge is knowing something with proof. Belief and Faith is knowing something despite the fact you have no proof.
I have knowledge that I will get 2 points. I believe than I can get 10 points. Belief on based on behaviour of others. I believe that my wife is honest.
*Well, to put it simply ,


We have knowledge that so %26amp; so is our father ,


%26amp; Belief is..... believing that knowlege to be true !!!~☺
Knowledge is gained in the mind.


Belief is knowing something in ones heart.
intelligent question and by the way using hume, maybe knowledge and belief have no difference at all.
You can have the knowledge of some thing and not have any belief in it.
Knowledge is the facts etc. that someone knows but belief is accepting something as true which may or may not be a fact.
I think knowledge are facts that are proven by science and belief is faith in something.
knowledge is in the head ,belief in the heart