SUO: Re: Question about Example in KR Book
Jay,
Just two brief comments:
> So, from 'Y is willing to die for his belief that P',
> we are to conclude 'P is true'?
No. We conclude that Y is so convinced of the truth
of P that Y is willing to risk his or her life on it.
> I suppose that unsuccessful engineers and drivers also
> 'make predictions about the future that they are willing
> to stake their lives on' - in your sense. The crucial
> question is: what's the difference?
The difference is that the unsuccessful ones die.
John