Autobiography of the Knower. What kinds of knowledge have you taken as true? What have you doubted?

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Nicholas Zaza                                                        Theory Of Knowledge

February 12, 2011                                                Ms. McDougall

Question: What kinds of knowledge have you taken as true? What have you doubted?

As the knower, there is a type of knowledge that I can actually accept to be true; retrospectively, there are many types of knowledge that I can’t accept to be true. This type of question is really poignant due to the way certain people just find it easier to just submit their opinions submissively, rather than fighting for what they believe to the death. Without doubting something, we are unaware of the other side of the story; by just accepting something we aren’t truly certain is true, we are inherently making our world languish and remain at a standstill.

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I accept knowledge by acquaintance to be true. Since it is coming from me, I have an insight into whether something is true or not. This knowledge is rooted in my own experiences and how I am able to implement it to everyday life. I am cognitively aware that something is to be true in one situation; therefore it must be true in another situation. For example, if my foot hurts, I am the only one who knows this to be true. Others looking at my foot can say that it can’t hurt because it doesn’t look like it hurts, ...

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