I don't think we need to require someone to have investigated every truth claim sceptically to be a sceptic.
Difference between 'believing in' & believing in the sense of taking on trust. I think it very probable my husband loves me.
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So I cld say 'I believe my husband loves me' but this not the same as 'believing in.'I believe in my husband coz evidence he exists
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Or perhaps u're thinking of my saying I believe things my friends tell me coz I just assume they're true.If so,I see ur point a bit
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But in practice, truth claims do need to be significant to warrant scepticism and there is a consensus on what is significant.
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If my friend says 'I went to the supermarket today,' there is no need to practice scepticism coz going to supermarket is ordinary.
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We'd only need evidence that was what she did at the time she said she did it if, eg, she was accused of a crime somewhere else
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I'm sure he does. Sadly we always hear of lovers who have fallen out. There's often evidence of cheating which goes unnoticed.
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Yes, I take his love as a hypothesis which has not failed yet. Every day more evidence supports it. It will never be proven.
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It could be disproven in one act. I cld learn he planned to murder me for money. This is sceptical way to think.
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So even tho I say 'I believe my husband loves me' what I literally mean is 'I have much evidence he does,so the probability is high
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