{"id":8090,"date":"2014-03-07T16:48:56","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/07\/knowledge-belief-action-three-maxims\/"},"modified":"2014-03-07T16:48:56","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:48:56","slug":"knowledge-belief-action-three-maxims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/03\/07\/knowledge-belief-action-three-maxims\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge, Belief, Action: Three Maxims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">1. Don&#39;t claim to know what you merely believe&#0160;even on good evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">2. Don&#39;t claim to believe what you are not prepared to act upon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia,palatino;\">3. 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