2007-02-19 13:25:34 · 19 answers · asked by jho 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
When faced with a decision there is no hesitation or second guessing accompanied with peace that transcends all understanding.
A friend was trying to be smart and prove they were right saying in a sassy way, "I don't think...I know". And I replied, I don't think you know either".
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
2007-02-19 15:05:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best answer depends on what you mean by "know". If you mean absolute certainty, then the answer is that no one can really know that they know, because absolute certainty is impossible. But there is a more practical and reasonable form of knowledge that allows for advancement in science, and rational decisions in everyday life.
A rational person weighs the evidence, considers alternatives, and questions authority... and then makes decisions. I "know" that evolution and gravity are facts based on this kind of rational thinking.
2007-02-19 21:50:48 · answer #2 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who Feels it Knows It
2007-02-19 22:12:13 · answer #3 · answered by wynd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like an "Indefinite Loop." And we control when to come out of that loop.
Because evrything is based on subjective perception and thing is subjective perception itself is subjective. That is first it depends and what it depends on itself is dependent on something else and loop goes on.
It's more like converting AIR into SAND and trying to count total number of grains!!!
We can start and go on as long as we want but we have to get out of the loop at some point.
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2007-02-19 21:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We don't know. We give the word "know" the meaning of remembering. Can you remember something you don't know? Of course not. And even though we don't remember when we learned something we remember the fact that we did learn something. But to actually know is impossible.
2007-02-20 14:34:48 · answer #5 · answered by Samuel G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when u see or find something out for yourself without anyone telling you and having used process of elimination to find that 1 specific indisputable piece of evidence that nothing can prove it false. That is how you know you know, everything else you think you know cannot bve klnown for certain.
2007-02-19 23:23:35 · answer #6 · answered by StealthShadow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I mostly think positive that I know things, yet when faced with questions, I would know which I really know and don't know.
2007-02-19 21:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by pearls & lace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just the strong and mild influences that have changed our feelings to guide us along our journey to the endlessness.
2007-02-19 23:41:30 · answer #8 · answered by xandx2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know simply because I have experienced known by theory and have read them already
2007-02-19 21:34:17 · answer #9 · answered by desiree gersaniba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you know when you know, you know?
2007-02-19 21:34:03 · answer #10 · answered by Claude B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋