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LECTURE XIII. TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD
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The definition of truth and falsehood, which is our topic to-day, lies strictly1 outside our general subject, namely the analysis of mind. From the psychological standpoint, there may be different kinds of belief, and different degrees of certainty, but there cannot be any purely3 psychological means of distinguishing between true and false beliefs. A belief is rendered true or false by relation to a fact, which may lie outside the experience of the person entertaining the belief. Truth and falsehood, except in the case of beliefs about our own minds, depend upon the relations of mental occurrences to outside things, and thus take us beyond the analysis of mental occurrences as they are in themselves. Nevertheless, we can hardly avoid the consideration of truth and falsehood. We wish to believe that our beliefs, sometimes at least, yield KNOWLEDGE, and a belief does not yield knowledge unless it is true. The question whether our minds are instruments of knowledge, and, if so, in what sense, is so vital that any suggested analysis of mind must be examined in relation to this question. To ignore this question would be like describing a chronometer4 without regard to its accuracy as a time-keeper, or a thermometer without mentioning the fact that it measures temperature.
Many difficult questions arise in connection with knowledge. It is difficult to define knowledge, difficult to decide whether we have any knowledge, and difficult, even if it is conceded that we sometimes have knowledge to discover whether we can ever know that we have knowledge in this or that particular case. I shall divide the discussion into four parts:
I. We may regard knowledge, from a behaviourist standpoint, as exhibited in a certain kind of response to the environment. This response must have some characteristics which it shares with those of scientific instruments, but must also have others that are peculiar5 to knowledge. We shall find that this point of view is important, but not exhaustive of the nature of knowledge.
II. We may hold that the beliefs that constitute knowledge are distinguished6 from such as are erroneous or uncertain by properties which are intrinsic either to single beliefs or to systems of beliefs, being in either case discoverable without reference to outside fact. Views of this kind have been widely held among philosophers, but we shall find no reason to accept them.
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chronometer
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peculiar
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distinguished
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stimulus
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random
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converse
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analytic
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psychology
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barometer
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foretells
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briefly
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adv.简单地,简短地 | |
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dynamite
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n./vt.(用)炸药(爆破) | |
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lighting
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n.照明,光线的明暗,舞台灯光 | |
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undesirable
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adj.不受欢迎的,不良的,不合意的,讨厌的;n.不受欢迎的人,不良分子 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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habitual
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irrelevant
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adj.不恰当的,无关系的,不相干的 | |
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v.赋于生命,鼓励;adj.有生命的,有生气的 | |
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v.举例说明,阐明;图解,加插图 | |
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apparently
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criteria
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coherence
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derived
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judgments
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判断( judgment的名词复数 ); 鉴定; 评价; 审判 | |
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forth
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condemn
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vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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alleged
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standing
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deduction
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n.减除,扣除,减除额;推论,推理,演绎 | |
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apparatus
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nucleus
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n.核,核心,原子核 | |
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underlying
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simultaneously
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exempt
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correlations
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相互的关系( correlation的名词复数 ) | |
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correlation
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n.相互关系,相关,关连 | |
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vt.使承担,使成为必要,需要 | |
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subjective
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a.主观(上)的,个人的 | |
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a.不知道的,未意识到的 | |
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adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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n.教义;主义;学说 | |
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profess
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discriminate
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v.区别,辨别,区分;有区别地对待 | |
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chimerical
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adj.荒诞不经的,梦幻的 | |
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inquiry
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n.打听,询问,调查,查问 | |
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quotation
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n.引文,引语,语录;报价,牌价,行情 | |
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antiquity
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texture
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(作者)题词( inscription的名词复数 ); 献词; 碑文; 证劵持有人的登记 | |
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constituent
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