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Truth

Facts. Truth. Knowledge. Opinion. Evidence. Belief. TaK – What is Knowledge?. Origins of Knowledge. observation. etc. thought. ?’s. ?’s. family. television. internet. ?’s. “What is true?” “What can I know?” “What should I believe?” “How can I be sure?”. books. intuition.

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Truth

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  1. Facts Truth Knowledge Opinion Evidence Belief

  2. TaK – What is Knowledge? Origins of Knowledge observation etc thought ?’s ?’s family television internet ?’s “What is true?” “What can I know?” “What should I believe?” “How can I be sure?” books intuition etc ?’s teachers religion friends ?’s dreams Definitions: True - conforming to reality or fact; not false Know – to understand from experience; to apprehend clearly and with certainty ?’s feelings experience

  3. Heroin What do you know about Heroin? What do you think about people who use Heroin?

  4. TaK – What is Knowledge? Origins of Knowledge observation etc thought ?’s ?’s family television internet ?’s “What is true?” “What can I know?” “What should I believe?” “How can I be sure?” books intuition etc ?’s teachers religion friends ?’s dreams ?’s feelings experience

  5. TaK – What is Knowledge? Areas of Knowledge Origins of Knowledge observation etc Mathematics thought ?’s Science ?’s family Knowledge Trials television Social Science internet “What is true?” “What can I know?” “What should I believe?” “How can I be sure?” ?’s books History intuition etc ?’s teachers Arts religion friends ?’s Ethics feelings ? ?’s experience

  6. TaK – What is Knowledge? Theory of Knowledge Diagram Mathematics Ways of Knowing Natural Sciences Sense Perception Ethics Reason Knower(s) Emotion Areas of Knowledge Human Sciences Language Arts History

  7. TaK – What is Knowledge? • Knowledge is true belief that has been arrived at by a ‘reliable process’ (by observation, experiment, reasoning etc). • Not just ‘true for me’, but ‘true for all’ • (Validity of the justification – ‘poor, unreliable justification’ or ‘excellent, reliable justification’ leading to ‘weaker’ or ‘stronger’ forms of knowledge) • Knowledge = justified, true belief Belief-knowledge continuum -10 | Impossible -5 | Unlikely 0 | Possible +5 | Probable +10 | Certain Belief Knowledge Doubt

  8. TaK – What is Knowledge? Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492 Human beings are descended from apes Murder is wrong Aliens have visited earth at some time in its history All metals expand when heated Human beings have an immortal soul If A is bigger than B and B is bigger than C, then A is bigger than C Belief-knowledge continuum -10 | Impossible -5 | Unlikely 0 | Possible +5 | Probable +10 | Certain Belief Knowledge Doubt

  9. TaK – What is Knowledge? *Sceptical Easily convinced *Scepticism: the doctrine that absolute knowledge is impossible, either in a particular area or in general.

  10. TaK – What is Knowledge? Sceptical Easily convinced Will believe almost anything…

  11. TaK – What is Knowledge?

  12. TaK – What is Knowledge? Easily convinced Sceptical Will believe almost nothing…

  13. TaK – What is Knowledge?

  14. TaK – What is Knowledge? Good Judgement Sceptical Easily convinced • We need to find a balance between being open to new ideas that challenge our ways of thinking, • while keeping in mind than human beings are sometimes willing to believe strange things on the basis of little evidence

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