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"If all knowledge is provisional, when can we have confidence in what…
"If all knowledge is provisional, when can we have confidence in what we claim to know?" Answer with reference to two areas of knowledge.
Keywords
Knowledge
Official Definition
understanding of or information about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person or by people generally.
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Provisional
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Personal Interpretation
Piece of information that could be changed with another piece of information when a new info is found.
Confidence
Official Definition
the quality of being certain of your abilities or of having trust in people, plans, or the future
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Rewrite
If all the information is subject to change when another piece of information is more definitive, what is the point when humankind can tell they know the knowledge "certainly?"
Connections to Classes
Chemistry/Physics
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The Atomic Model
The Atomic Model of John Dalton was accepted as how atoms looked like for more then hundred years. In the upcoming 22 years, after J.J. Thompson published his atomic model in 1904, the form of the atomic model has changed 3 times.
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Historical Development
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Counterclaim
Although the theories are said to be mostly influenced by the old theories, the scientists do a lot of research and put a lot of hours into their new studies/theories, some studying from entirely different sources
In Natural Sciences, the theories are proven by applying the findings to the real life.
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Scope/Application
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Counterclaim
Some theories are impossible to apply in real life due to some technical difficulties eg. the lack of sufficent technology, therefore they are simulated or applied only depending on the theoratic side.
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Rewrite
Mathematics
If all the information in mathematics is subject to change when another piece of information is more definitive, what is the point when humankind can tell they know the knowledge "certainly?"
Chemistry/Physics
If all the information in Chemistry/Physics is subject to change when another piece of information is more definitive, what is the point when humankind can tell they know the knowledge "certainly?"