Academy of Ideas
Academy of IdeasThis lecture introduces epistemology, explains the questions such a field investigates, look what it means to obtain knowledge, and why the need for such a field arose in the first place.
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An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge – http://amzn.to/1XV1mKT (affiliate link)
Problems of Knowledge: A Critical Introduction to Epistemology – http://amzn.to/1U9cSfK (affiliate link)
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20 Comments
@v8stmpr
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMEarth is measured flat. Every attempt to measure rotundity has failed
@NeuroDrags
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMAtheists have no voice is all I heard
@afairlyclassybartender8576
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMBack away from the mic and drink some water. Geeze.
@frankvelez691
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMDo not breath so hard RELAX m8
@bobpuslkr5025
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMLol, the earth is a trapazoid, silly.
@Stupidd5553
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMI'm 11 years late but this is a great video.
@teaglass3750
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMAnd now the question comes: how do we know what we think we know is true?
@joshuafritz1386
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMAt the outset, Knowledge is not a theory. It is a characteristic of a soul, making it an energy according to metaphysics. This is a philosophical error.
@mbengiepeter965
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMDo our sensory apparatus have processing units? I think that they only collect data, and our brains processs the data and make conclusions.
@StephOnyia
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMThis was very helpful. Thanks 😊
@Existentialist-earthling52
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMWell, i'm certainly getting knowledge by going over this channel.
@alwaysgreatusa223
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMThat's because explanation requires propositional knowledge, whereas doing and showing requires practical knowledge. I can explain to someone how to drive a car by using propositional knowledge, and I can show them how to drive a car by using my practical knowledge of actually driving a car. Most people require both kinds of knowledge for the purpose of learning, but, ultimately, knowing is a practical art — NOT an explanatory one !
@alwaysgreatusa223
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMObviously, a true theory of the nature of knowledge must account for every type of knowledge that exists in its explanation of knowledge.
@alwaysgreatusa223
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMHow is wealth obtained ? Surely, one must start with something of value — for example, one's own labor, skill, or talent. From this initial value, more value is obtained by using this value as the basis for adding more value. Neither value, nor wealth, nor knowledge arises from a vacuum.
@stacey_1111rh
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@debbieleary121
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMOne can have a head full of knowledge from what they have "memorised" from what they've been taught, whereas an intelligent person will research their own knowledge by thinking out of the box and question's everything
@joemahony4198
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMHow do we know what we know?
@SK-le1gm
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PM*People KNOW a lot of false things.*.
@darillus1
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMthe earth rotates the sun? or the earth rotates around the sun?
@DarkSkay
02/18/2025 - 10:02 PMThanks! I'm looking for opinions on the following, quite unusual statement+question pair:
(T1) "The number of questions one can ask about the world is astronomical. How can {a piece of software} contain all those questions?"