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Knowledge Issues = Issues about knowledge Identify 3 knowledge issues in your essay – to make it more specific include these terms wherever possible. Aspects of Knowledge Acquisition (how I gain kn.) Production (creation) Shaping (influences) Classification ( obj , subj )
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Knowledge Issues = Issues about knowledgeIdentify 3 knowledge issues in your essay – to make it more specific include these terms wherever possible Aspects of Knowledge • Acquisition (how I gain kn.) • Production (creation) • Shaping (influences) • Classification (obj, subj) • Status (important or not) • Acceptance or rejection (why people choose to believe it or not) Ways of Knowing • Logic / Reason • Emotion / Intuition • Language • Perception Areas of Knowledge • Natural Science • Human Science - Politics • Maths • Arts • Ethics - Religion • History Other Key terms • Belief • Truth • Justification • Certainty • Methods • Values • assumptions
Examples • What is it about a scientific explanation that makes it convincing or unconvincing? • How can reason be used to justify religious belief? • What role should intuition play in justifying capital punishment? • What, if anything, do optical illusions tell us about sense perception and truth?