Volume 13, Issue 1, January 1996
Phillip Cary
Pages 78-90
Believing the Word
A Proposal About Knowing Other Persons
Our concept of knowing of other persons ought to include respect for them. Since respect implies considering whether what they say is true, I propose that believing others’ words is a necessary condition of knowing them. I explore the contribution such belief makes to knowledge of other persons, as well as some surprising but welcome implications, including theological consequences.