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Brainstorm
Does our knowledge depend on our interactions with other knowers?
First Point(Yes)
Knowers are people who posses knowledge in themsleves
To some extent, every interaction with other knowers has some form of transfer in knowledge, which greatly impacts how our knowledge is shaped as we absorb from our surroundings.
e.g Teachers to students, the knowledge teachers feed to students everyday during lessons greatly impacts how the younger generation views knowledge. For instance, if a teacher in the beginning tells us that conventional current is the reality. We would believe and think that conventional current is true, but in reality it is not. Therefore, the interaction between the teacher and student shapes the knowledge we gain.Hence, it is why our knowledge is dependent in our interactions.
Second Point(Yes/No)
Although every interaction has some form of transfer in knowledge, the extent of how much knowledge in transfer could greatly impact our dependency in these interactions
For instance, some interactions may only
Definition
Knowledge
Knowledge is any form of information(Could be factual, opinion, or belief)
Interactions
Between knowers
doesn't have to be physical
A person reading a textbook written by another person also counts as an interaction
Knowers
People with knowledge
Depend
Yes/No
we may have our own way of interpreting it, although we are still partially depending on the knowledge transferred, we may have our own interpretation of that knowledge.
Reading a book, even though the author has his/her intentions, our own interpretation may be different. hence its partially dependent.
AOK
History
Recorded history can be interactions that cross the constraint of time. Our knowledge today does depend on our past to some extent, as knowledge is built upon past knowledge.
Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?
Yes
No
Maybe
How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement upon past knowledge?