Some people (Clifford never stated if they were friends or not) also told the ship owner that ‘ possibly she was not seaworthy.’ The old ship had been around the block a few times and had ‘often needed repairs’. The story is about a ship owner, not a captain, who had an old ship. To support the premise of his statement William Clifford turned to himself, William Clifford, and presented a thought experiment in the form of an allegorical story. Clifford: “it is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” By that statement, we can see that Clifford was definitely not for using belief alone to present truth as, well, truth! ![]() The essay is about using ‘belief’ as evidence for truth versus thorough investigation to find evidence for truth. This week’s blog prompt is to read and assess William Kingdon Clifford’s essay The Ethics of Belief.
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