Can you have an opinion without experience?

Yes but it won’t have any credibility. Opinions are based more off of emotion rather than experience which produces logic.

Can opinions be knowledge?

Thus opinion can never count as knowledge, because fantasy-based belief can never be knowledge. There is a class of human beliefs (if that is the right word) that are disqualified from counting as knowledge by their genesis, no matter whether they may be true or justified.

What’s a word that indicates an opinion formed without firsthand knowledge?

the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.

What is it called when you have an opinion?

Some common synonyms of opinion are belief, conviction, persuasion, sentiment, and view. While all these words mean “a judgment one holds as true,” opinion implies a conclusion thought out yet open to dispute.

What do you call someone who has an opinion about everything?

opinionated. adjective. someone who is opinionated has very strong opinions that they refuse to change even when they are clearly unreasonable.

What do you call a person with an opinion?

A person who always has an opinion, is called opinionated or outspoken!

Why knowledge is not merely opinion?

If we catch hold of the wrong object, a false illusion, and mistake it to be the real thing, we are in a state of ignorance. Hence the object of knowledge must be what is really so, not what merely appears to be the case. Thus Forms are the objects of knowledge while physical objects are objects of opinions.

Why is knowledge not more opinion?

Truth is the first point of distinction between knowledge and opinion, for while knowledge is by definition always true, opinion can be true and false and is capable of chang- ing in truth value. While opinion, like knowledge, can be about what is true, only the object of knowledge is necessary.

What is the term for someone who gives opinions on something they know nothing about?

Word of the day is ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century): a presumptuous critic; one who gives opinions and advice on subjects they know nothing about.

Can an opinion be a fact?

Opinions may not be rooted in fact or be supported by strong evidence, though there are exceptions, such as in the case of expert opinions. Sometimes, the language used in opinions can be deliberately emotional to mislead others.

Why must an opinion be true to qualify as knowledge?

The participants of the dialogue agree that an opinion must be ‘true’ for the opinion to qualify as knowledge because if the opinion, or belief, turned out to be false we would not regard that opinion to have ever been knowledge. Even though having a true belief is necessary for having knowledge it is not sufficient.

How is knowledge different from mere opinion?

However, knowledge differs from mere opinion in that it can be defended by a logos, a rational explanation of why that opinion is true. Thus emerges the formula that knowledge is true opinion accompanied by a logos, or as it came to be expressed in the Western tradition, as “justified true belief.”

Do You Believe Your Opinions are facts?

We value the right to believe what we think is right and to express our opinions accordingly. What is not true, however, is that an opinion is a fact. Alarmingly, most humans believe that their opinions are facts. We incorrectly believe that our thoughts are correct.

Is Everyone entitled to their own opinion?

It is true, after all, that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It is also true that, in the United States, we value freedom of speech so that people can communicate their opinion without prosecution. We value the right to believe what we think is right and to express our opinions accordingly.