Platonic PART 2

KNOWLEDGE BY CONVICTION:
Belief- "I know how to make the Red Sox win"
something you believe in; a belief system (NOT RELIGION)
Faith- "I know how it feels to be loved by God"
a belief in a religion, higher power, greater being, etc.

KNOWLEDGE BY INTERSECTION:
Knowledge of own emotions- "I know how it feels to be in love"
Empathy- "I know how you feel"
Conscience (Human faculty, Moral decision/code)- "I know the difference between right and wrong"

KNOWLEDGE BY PRACTICE:
you know how to do something by practicing- "I know how to skate"

KNOWLEDGE BY ACQUAINTANCE:
know how your friends feel by observing them

KNOWLEDGE BY INSTINCT:
know by evolution and nature- "I know how to breath"

Platonic Knowledge 2 and More Part 1

Plato wants certainty:

Must be described and effectively communicated to a reasonable person

Knowledge by description

Platonic Knowledge

Propositional Knowledge- Statement of Tactical knowledge

Knowing That

KNOWLEDGE

Belief- must believe to know

Truth- Independent, Public, Eternal

and

JUSTIFIED:

Rationalism- A priori knowledge (deduction)

general theory to specific

Empiricism- personal knowledge (induction)

specific to general theory

Authority- authority figures tell you its true

Memory- what you remember

ALL HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON:

THE PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE

Exps)

Selective Memory

Lied to

mistaken

etc.

MORE KNOWLEDGE

Impersonal Knowledge- Platonic Knowledge- Knowledge by Description

"Wissen" Knowledge

Savior, Saber

Personal Knowledge

"Kennen" Knowledge

conunitro, conosur

German, Spanish and French differs between personal and impersonal knowledge

German:

Wissen- Impersonal

Kennen- Personal

Spanish:

Saber- Impersonal

Conosur- Personal

French:

Savoir- Impersonal

conunitro- Personal

Platonic Knowledge

Platonic Knowledge:

knowledge that provided 'certainty'

described

communicated effectively to others

knowledge by description

propositional knowledge

knowing that

Justified True Belief

Justified True Belief:

Belief:

A necessary but NOT sufficient component to knowledge

Must believe in something to know it

True:

Public- must be true for all

Independent

Eternal- it is true for that moment forever

Justified:

Empiricism:

knowledge by experience

(see it, touch it, smell it, taste it, hear it)

induction; specific to general theory

Rationalism:

knowledge from previous knowledge- A priori knowledge (school)

deduction; general theory to specific

How Much Corn?

Enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, soybean oil, canola oil, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, contains 2% or less of each of the following: sesame seed, salt, wheat gluten, calcium sulfate, ammonium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, ammonium chloride, calcium carbonate, baking soda, soy flour, dough conditioners (may contain one or more of the following: distilled monoglycerides, DATEM, ascorbic acid, azodicarbonamide, enzymes, ethoxylated mono- and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, guar gum, mono-and diglycerides, calcium peroxide), calcium propionate & sodium propionate (preservatives), soy lecithin. CONTAINS: WHEAT AND SOY.

It's a Big Mac

Who's Responsible?

How would Gladwell respond to the responsibility question from September 15th?

Gladwell would say that the responsibility would lie on both the food market to tell you most of their items are corn-based and that you're not really getting a variety, but also on the consumer for failing to find out whats in it and to care about what you're eating. It's 50/50. half is the food industry's fault, but the other half is your own fault. The fact that we don't care, that we eat things without looking to see what's in it, proves that half the blame lies with us. We don't bother finding out what we put into ourselves; we definitely must accept some responsibility. But the fact that the food industry doesn't bother to let us know that, boiled down to it, everything we eat has corn in it or not, regardless to what it's supposed to be made out of. In Gladwell's view, both the industry and consumers are at fault.

What do you know?

How do we Know what we Know? What evidence do you have to support your claim?

We "know" what we know through 5 different ways.

1. We "know" what our parents tell us.
2. We know what we see.
3. We "know" what our teachers tell us.
4. We "know" (sometimes) what our friends tell us.
5. We "know" what we believe.

We take most of these things to be truths, even though we only have evidence for what we see. Our knowledge of history is nothing other than our believing what we are told. For all we truly know, all of history could be a lie. It's unlikely, but you never know.

What does a name mean?

What were your impressions of the first class? Are we our Name, our Family, our Sex, our Nationality or our Location? If not, then what is responsible for our identity? Do we have an identity apart from our community?

I believe we are a combination of a multitude of factors. We obviously inherite alot of our parents genes, which shape how we act. I also believe we are heavily influenced by our enviornment. But I believe there is something else, something unique to everyone which is unaffected by anything else, just you. It's your built-in response, what makes you react to things they way you do. Part of it may be from your parents, but there is something uniquely us inside of everyone.

The Omnivore's Dilemma

This info did surprise me a little, but I had some prior knowledge that lessened the shock. I knew that Carbohydrates make you gain weight, but I didn't know that fat doesn't. So, yes, I was a bit surprised.
I think the government was embarrassed they made a mistake and so, delayed the announcement of the discovery.
The producer of the knowledge does have a responsiblity, but just because he has the responsibiltity doesn't mean he'll fufill it. He should let people know, but sometimes they don't.
I, as a knower, should also spread the knowledge around.

Do parents matter?

How would Gladwell respond to the identity question from August 27th? How would Levitt and Dubner respond?



Levitt and Dubner would argue that a major part of you is what your parents are. The smarter and more successful they are the more smarter and successful you will be. You are also an individual yet your chances for everything depend mostly on your parents. You are basically an improvement of them.