On 4/25/2011 10:33, Jim Henderson wrote:
> But if you listen to it and say "Ah, that's Partida #1 by J. S. Bach",
> you don't have to believe it is, because you know it is.

You're just using the word "belief" to mean what I'd mean by "belief but not 
certainty."  I don't think becoming certain of something means you stop 
believing it; quite the opposite. I don't think believing something that 
turns out to be true means you've stopped believing it either.

If I open my eyes and say "I believe the sun is up already", and then I get 
out of bed and open the curtain and it's all bright and blue sky out, would 
you really say "I no longer believe the sun is up"?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Coding without comments is like
    driving without turn signals."

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