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Knowledge vs. Belief
- Knowledge isn't justified belief, since justifications lead to an infinite regress.
- Knowledge is useful information, not necessarily true or believed.
Newton's Law: A Useful Falsehood
- Newton's law of gravity is useful despite being demonstrably false.
- It fails all three criteria for justified true belief but remains knowledge.
Self-Sustaining Knowledge
- Knowledge is self-sustaining once instantiated, causing itself to persist.
- Newton's theory exemplifies this by remaining relevant despite being false.