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Teoria Del Conocimiento

This document contains a list of knowledge and acquiring knowledge questions. The questions cover topics like what counts as knowledge, criteria for distinguishing knowledge from belief and opinion, constraints on pursuing knowledge, implications of having or not having knowledge, what counts as good evidence for a claim, the relationship between knowledge and culture, the role of language and tools/technology in knowledge.

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Teoria Del Conocimiento

This document contains a list of knowledge and acquiring knowledge questions. The questions cover topics like what counts as knowledge, criteria for distinguishing knowledge from belief and opinion, constraints on pursuing knowledge, implications of having or not having knowledge, what counts as good evidence for a claim, the relationship between knowledge and culture, the role of language and tools/technology in knowledge.

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Bank of example knowledge questions

Knowledge and acquiring knowledge


What counts as knowledge?
Are some types of knowledge more useful than others?
What criteria can we use to distinguish between knowledge, belief and opinion?
How can we know that current knowledge is an improvement on past knowledge?
What constraints are there on the pursuit of knowledge?
Are some things unknowable?
Are there responsibilities that necessarily come with knowing something or knowing how to do
something?
Why should we care about acquiring knowledge?
Should some knowledge not be sought on ethical grounds?
What role do models play in the acquisition of knowledge?
What are the implications of having, or not having, knowledge?

Claims and justifications


What counts as good evidence for a claim?
How do we distinguish claims that are contestable from claims that are not?
On what grounds might we doubt a claim?
What makes a good explanation?
Are intuition, evidence, reasoning, consensus and authority all equally convincing methods of
justification?

People and culture


Can other people know us better than we know ourselves?
How can we know when we should trust and defer to the authority of experts?
What is the relationship between knowledge and culture?
To what extent are we aware of the impact of our culture(s) on what we believe or know?

Language
Is it possible to think or know without language?
Can all knowledge be expressed in words or symbols?

Tools and technology


How do the tools that we use shape the knowledge that we produce?
How does technology extend or transform different modes of human cognition and communication?
How have technological innovations affected the scope and nature of this area of knowledge?

Bias and interpretation


Is bias inevitable in the production of knowledge?
Is the truth what the majority of people accept?
Are some types of knowledge less open to interpretation than others?

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