Zubair Sirvary (213241435) TA:Olivia Komoro Can we have happiness without Sadness? Dec 4‚ 2014 1‚191 words Summary Can we have happiness without sadness? What really is true happiness and what is sadness? Can we say that you can’t have one without the other? Do we need to go through sadness in order to appreciate and understand happiness? People often ask what really in life brings about true and everlasting happiness. Some say that true happiness can be achieved through family; some say through
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Tan Belief has been described as “certainty about what cannot be seen”. Does this statement hold true any‚ some or all areas of knowledge? Over the years‚ philosophers have tried to grapple with the concepts of belief‚ certainty and knowledge. Despite numerous controversial claims and arguments that come from both sides‚ we have yet to come upon a general consensus. However‚ the contention here is that belief can contribute to all areas of knowledge. Even though belief can be associated
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Can knowledge be bad? Yes because knowledge such as can be bad: - atomic weapon - Smoking - Stem cell research - Cloning - Drugs - Sex knowledge - Kill - Lie Knowledge can perceive to be bad when it makes us narrow-minded reject new truths. I feel that it will cause a person to become narrow-minded by their current belief. Our current knowledge/belief can cause us to reject new information/idea and so our education and knowledge that we have learnt might turn out to be
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HAVE WE TAKEN OUR INDEPENDENCE FOR GRANTED ????? Today as we freely move around in our country without anyone questioning or imposing any kinds of restrictions on us we feel satisfied and contended. But this satisfaction is due to the efforts taken by our freedom fighters or national leaders to free our country from the British rule. Its because of our them that today we are enjoying are freedom. Their satyagrahas‚ sacrifices‚ and tortures have resulted in the freedom that
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how justified must our beliefs be to constitute knowledge? How valuable is this knowledge in which we believe in? I suppose in our society today‚ the value of knowledge at most times is dependent on the justifications that we give it. It would seem reasonable to believe that knowledge with the strongest justification is the most valuable‚ but why? Justification is seen to add value to information and is relative to what people believe or think. When we think of justification‚ we think of it in terms
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Justified True Belief Knowledge?” (The Gettier Problem) Background Epistemology: A theory of _____________ What do we mean when we claim to know something? What kinds of conditions must be satisfied in order for a claim to become knowledge? Note: we are interested in __________________ knowledge here (S knows that p)‚ not knowledge of how to do things (e.g.‚ knowing how to ride a bike) The tripartite theory of knowledge – knowledge as justified true belief (JTB) The truth condition We can’t know
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Knowledge vs. Belief There is a quote by an unknown person that says‚ "In all the world there are only two kinds of people‚ those who know‚ and those who do not know; and this knowledge is the thing which matters." The quite adequately describes my knowledge that my father loves and cares for me. I know‚ based on life experiences‚ that my father loves me. I choose to classify my father ’s love for me as something that I know to be true and factual because the way in which I can explain and
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QUESTION: “There are only two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not feeling it‚ the observer does not have any idea of the outcome of the situation
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Can we know when to trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge. 1. Intro: a. Emotion as a way of knowing b. Pursuit of Knowledge → Gaining insight and into something 2. When DO we trust emotions? Can we ever NOT trust them? a. Instincts – things we do automatically without thinking about → they feel right/normal → Taking care of a baby. Every normal person would pick up a baby if they found it in the woods somewhere‚ crying and obviously
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Question 4: To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in at least two areas of knowledge? “A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.” (David Hume). Evidence can be defined as proof to back up one’s hypothesis or beliefs. Beliefs are preconceived notions that people have on a subject one is passionate about. The focal areas of knowledge are the natural sciences and history and the focal ways of knowing are perception and reasoning. In the natural sciences‚ the scientific
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