2007-07-22 06:23:00 · 9 answers · asked by Oleg B 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"We say that we know something simply, and not in the manner of the sophist, when we know the cause of that thing, that it is the cause, and that it cannot be any other way."
-Aristotle, Posterior Analytics
Adding to that, to "know" something is to have the universal of it in your mind.
That's pretty much the best definition/guideline I have for you.
2007-07-22 07:03:35 · answer #1 · answered by mle_trogdor2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I collect information through my senses and my brain processes it and produces recognizable patterns. I then conscientiously interpret these patterns, based on past experience and within the scope of my psycho neurological functions. Therefore I know.
2007-07-22 07:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe something to be true. I am aware of something that we call information.
"I know my name." That is to say, that I believe that my name is X. I can inform(ation) you about my name and then you will also know my name.
All knowledge fits this basic structure.
2007-07-22 06:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what subject matter you are talking about-we know some things for a fact and others things because we just believe
2007-07-22 06:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by luminous 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Yeah, I heard that, too."
You are acknowledging that you've already analyzed that same scenario that someone just mentioned.
2007-07-22 06:27:59 · answer #5 · answered by perfectlybaked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something you acknowldege?
2007-07-22 06:38:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know means...I know what I know...and I know that I know what I dont know....
that was easy.
2007-07-22 06:27:31 · answer #7 · answered by CuriousG 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that you understand something :]
2007-07-22 06:25:37 · answer #8 · answered by miggy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I CAN'T
2007-07-22 06:27:36 · answer #9 · answered by kityklaws 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋