What are the possible sources of knowledge? Which one you think is the most reliable? Why?
2007-02-23 19:28:07 · 6 answers · asked by tom d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
WWW = #1
Wikipedia is peer reviewed and very reliable since it is constantly being updated and checked by millions of users.
2007-02-23 19:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sources of knowledge:
parents
peers
education
books
media
experience
Experience is the most reliable. No matter how convincing any other sources may be, nothing is as real as what you experience yourself. The problem with this is that people can let one experience affect them the rest of their lives though it may have been an isolated incident & an exception, not the rule. Your experience may be tainted by your emotions, faulty senses, biases etc. So even that isn't 100% reliable. But what else can you trust? Every source has its flaws...I still believe what I see myself more so that what someone tells me. But other things I believe because they make sense to me or I go on faith. For instance I believe in God. Is it because my mother taught me to? Or because I learned about Christianity in school or in Church? Or is it because I feel spiritual myself & I have faith that God exists? Is it because of the times I felt closest to God (watching the sun rise or set, being close to nature & being awestruck by its extraordinary beauty?) It's my experience & my own feeling that is most reliable to me.
But how do we really "know" anything?...
2007-02-23 20:46:02 · answer #2 · answered by amp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best source would be empirical knowledge.
The I Ching (Chinese book of changes) is interesting. I read somewhere that its ability to predict the future outcome of a set of circumstances is based almost entirely on wars during several Chinese dynasties.
Basically by taking note of human nature and past mistakes you can then predict the outcome of similiar situations and human behaviors. And there's the whole, "we learn while doing."
2007-02-23 19:44:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the only source of knowledge that I have come across that has stood the test of time is the bible. because no matter how much man wish to change everything in there to fit and suit there own purpose it still remains the same as it is.
2007-02-27 11:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by cute as a button 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unity is the ultimate source of knowledge?
The opposite of unity is nothing!
2007-02-23 20:05:57 · answer #5 · answered by The Knowledge Server 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A priori knowledge is knowledge that is known independently of experience (that is, it is non-empirical). ie through logical deduction
A posteriori knowledge is knowledge that is known by experience (that is, it is empirical). ie sensory data, taught etc.
2007-02-23 19:45:50 · answer #6 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋