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Ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'On the Infinite' and 'Rationality in Action'

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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs
A belief is a commitment to truth [Searle]
We can't understand something as a lie if beliefs aren't commitment to truth [Searle]
Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]
Our beliefs are about things, not propositions (which are the content of the belief) [Searle]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty
My theory aims at the certitude of mathematical methods [Hilbert]
11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 4. The Cogito
Thinking must involve a self, not just an "it" [Searle]