2006-10-08 04:20:02 · 12 answers · asked by damn 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Been there, done that.
2006-10-08 04:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well there's two kinds of knowledge. One is purley factual, like math. You know 2 + 2 = 4 (at least I hope you do). That can be theoretically proved. I think this is called rational knowledge. Then theres knowledge that we assume. Bascially anything that is not math we assume it's truth to some degree. We are 99.99% sure that the sun will rise tomorrow. Yes, there is a small chance that an asteriod will hit the Earth and we all will die in our sleep, but we assume that that will not happen. That's imperical knowledge, I think. To live a productive life in modern society we must be impericalists. If our philosophy becomes "I have no proof that you are another human and not a robot and therefore will listen to nothing you say" then we cannot function correctly as members of society.
2006-10-08 12:07:41 · answer #2 · answered by Liz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know it by heart. I know my own mind. I suppose that we must first define our terms before we can discuss, because do we mean by "know" :- understand? to have knowledge? to recognise? to be able to explain?
Mao-Tse- Tung, not known for being a philospher, said
" All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience".
If that is correct then it would suggest that we cannot know anything for which we have no experience.
But is that the case? Is it possible to know something without experience? Certainly you cannot "know" colours without experience, bur can you "know" murder without experience?
So I guess that to know means that you hold a belief with some certainty. But what certainty? How strongly do you hold a belief about knowledge? Is a belief stronger than to simply know?
Hahaha you can see I am not a philosopher but the question is challenging !
2006-10-08 04:53:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To know pertains to knowledge. Your memory is knowledge. Knowing is at the present moment, it means you are learning, and your learning a moment later is pushed back to your memory as knowledge. Understanding or insight is a kind of knowing that is not directly connected to knowledge or in other word it is the true essence of all knowledge.
2006-10-08 16:57:27 · answer #4 · answered by ol's one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what you are referring to. Homo Sapiens means that we are animals with knowledge and reasoning power rather than animals with instinct.
2006-10-08 04:22:35 · answer #5 · answered by farahwonderland2005 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to know about something means you have knowledge of it.
2006-10-08 04:23:48 · answer #6 · answered by Michelle : 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To be aware that you did not know something before
2006-10-08 04:27:56 · answer #7 · answered by Isis 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
To know means to understand.....to understand means to embrace....
to embrace means it's part of our beingness(?).....
When we know " something" it's part of us, second nature....
Thought process not involved
2006-10-08 04:35:40 · answer #8 · answered by dwaters6171 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the opposite of what it means to not know...
2006-10-08 04:22:23 · answer #9 · answered by Tom 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means to be enlightened.
2006-10-08 04:44:13 · answer #10 · answered by Chief of sinners 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
knowing something someone else doesnt
2006-10-08 04:22:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋