Re: knowledge and belief

[Chris Bogart <cbogart@QUETZAL.COM>]

Lojbab writes:
>For example, Galileo knows that a feather and a cannonball fall at the
>same rate, by epistemology of experimnentation at Pisa.  I know that
>a feather and a cannonball fall at the same rate, by epistemology of
>cultural legend about Galileo's experiment at the leaning tower.  But I
>cannot claim that >I< know by the experimentation directly since I did
>not do or observe any such experiment.

Excellent example of why statements of scientific knowledge should be =
accompanied by "ka'u", if one chooses to use an evidential.  (especially =
since this particular "fact" couldn't actually be true, unless air =
pressure was significantly lower in Pisa in those days :-)  )

chris