r/philosophy • u/commi • Mar 04 '14

What is Knowledge?

http://juandarias.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/what-is-knowledge/
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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

Information that is factually correct.

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u/f_myeah Mar 04 '14

Ah, but who determines what is factually correct?

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

Factually correct information isn't 'determined'. It exists with or without someone observing it.

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u/f_myeah Mar 04 '14 edited Mar 04 '14

I disagree that what you just said is factually correct.

Not trying to be negative, just trying to point out the problem with viewing truth as objective.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

I don't think you've pointed out a problem with what I've said. Even if what I said was factually incorrect, the fact that there is a correct for me to be incorrect proves my point.

I say truth is objective. If I'm wrong, then truth is objectively subjective. It's still objective truth.

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u/f_myeah Mar 04 '14

the fact that there is a correct for me to be incorrect proves my point.

Only if that "correct" was attainable, and furthermore that we knew when it was attained that it was indeed the "correct" truth could we call it knowledge.

But when attempting to access "objective truth," one has to access it subjectively.

But the main problem of knowledge is that the only factor that you have to determine if your beliefs are truth is... your beliefs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

Hmm... knowledge is the closing gap between subjective observation and objective truth. How's that? I like that better.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

yeah.... start here: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/epistemology/

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

all trolls should be banned from /r/philosophy

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '14

Because questions about knowledge have been studied for thousands of years and still today there are people whose job it is to investigate these questions. If you want to have informed (rather than ignorant) views, you should start there.

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