Differences between version 5 and predecessor to the previous major change of certainty.

Other diffs: Previous Revision, Previous Author

Newer page: version 5 Last edited on Sunday, August 31, 2003 12:07:22 am. by VectorHermit
Older page: version 3 Last edited on Tuesday, January 7, 2003 7:57:33 pm. by DavidLucifer
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-VirusLexicon  
+[VirianLexicon]:[certainty]  
  
-Having a [truth value] at or near unity.   
-   
-In contrast to [faith] certainty generally means confidence in one's operating assumptions, proportional to their verifiability and openness to rational criticism. We can describe certainty as the result of [reason] where faith carries no such or even opposite causal assumptions . 
+!!!Certainty   
+----   
+Having a [truth value|truthvalue ] at or near unity. 
  
+In contrast to [faith] certainty generally means confidence in one's operating assumptions, proportional to their verifiability and openness to rational criticism. We can describe certainty as the result of [reason] where [faith] carries no such or even opposite causal assumptions.  
 ---- 
-   
-I'm not sure that the word carries any connotations of whether faith or reason was used to assign the truth value. Seems to me that PeopleOfFaith often speak of "certainty" in their convictions.   
-   
---DavidLucifer 
+I'm not sure that the word carries any connotations of whether [ faith] or [ reason] was used to assign the truth value. Seems to me that [ PeopleOfFaith] often speak of "certainty" in their convictions. --DavidLucifer