knowing you know & intentionally trusting — authentically following the inquiry where it leads
knowing that you know without trusting — intentionally not following the inquiry where it leads (in bad faith)
knowing without knowing you know (this nixes the ability to intentionally trust on that basis)
intentionally trusting without knowing
unintentionally trusting because you know without knowing you know
intentionally trusting without knowing because you know without knowing you know
unintentionally unable to trust (due to mitigating trauma or a disability) despite knowing (or not knowing) that you know — unless the inability is due to reactance based on knowing you know … or being aware of a placeholder representing some thing you would react against, regardless whether or not you know it is the case … or you would react against it because you do not know it is the case (even though you know it is the case without knowing you know).
It’s not necessary to “trust” anything when it comes to epistemology. Belief is already something of a false concept. Let alone now we smuggle in a strange imprecision and undefined notion of trust to further muddy waters.
Speaking of that, the notion of intention also needs to be clarified. Being aware of something or not does not equal intentionality. Intentionality is the component of knowing which leads to will, what separates knowledge from willing. Is that your intention (irony intended) ((that too)) here, to bring in this level of meaning to the epistemic question?
My response: Imagine we could not form/reach/approach a hypothesis and test it because we want to find out (seek/examine) if that hypothesis we formed is actually true (the case)?
Whenever you are dealing with probability, you’re dealing with trust. On another level, whenever all of your feelings rage against even a necessary certainty, ruling them requires trust.
Trust is a misnomer and non-issue here, more like a red herring. “Trust” so-called is always implicit in everything as part of the necessary background substance. Just like breathing. You might as well make a big deal about how it is necessary to breathe in order to know things. Yeah, since you can’t know anything if you die. No shit. But what does that actually mean, how significant is the insight? Not much, and focusing on stuff like that clouds and confuses the real issues.
Trust (red) is willful (blue) in that it is reflected in our choices (trust is intentional if aware it is influencing a choice, unintentional if unaware because running heuristically/habitually). It isn’t the same as “knowing (yellow) without knowing you know”.
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