Clarifying Terms

• Why Bother Clarifying the Meanings of Words We All Know Already?
• "Truth"
• "Belief" and "Faith"
  • Epistemic Belief vs. Functional Belief (Attitude)
  • Belief as Assent to Truth vs. Belief as Inclination to Assent to Truth
• "Knowledge" and "Reality"
• "Meaning," as in "The Meaning of Life"
• "Meaning," as in "The Meaning of a Word":
  • The Use-Mention Distinction
  • Sense, Reference, and Similar Distinctions
• "Ethics" and "Meta-ethics"
• "God"
• "Atheism," "Agnosticism," and "Nontheism"
• "Skepticism"
• "Respect"