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CVA2: What role does perspective play in the knowledge that we make and…
CVA2: What role does perspective play in the knowledge that we make and use as individuals and societies?
Authority in shared knowledge can change and limit our perspectives, which has effects for our personal knowledge.
Example: it is possible (although not necessary) that religion can limit our knowledge, especially if we grow up in the community.
However, the power of authority is limited within communities of shared knowledge -- because one single knower is usually not empowered to make changes to entire bodies of shared knowledge.
Are there counterexamples to this? The text gives the example of Einstein, and how even his ideas had to be checked and confirmed by the scientific community.
We can think of the community of knowers as a kind of "group authority," rather than one individual point of view.
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Is personal knowledge less reliable, less credible, less true, than shared knowledge? If so, why?
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If personal knowledge differs from accepted conclusions in shared knowledge, should it be dismissed? When/why?
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