Today in my Philosophy class we were talking about Knowledge and how someone can truly know something. My professor had us take out a piece of paper and write What It Is I Know on the top and then told us to write whether we felt we were an Empiricist or Rationalist. Now from my knowledge of both terms I think I am a bit of both. She then told us to write what we know for sure. I think this is a fascinating question to ask people because it can provoke all sorts of responses. I wrote that the one thing I know for sure is change is the only thing constant in life as cliche as that may sound.
So I am curious all 4 of you people who read this and any others who wish to reply what do you know for sure?
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I know for sure that Jesus is my savior and loves me unconditionally. No matter what I do, he is holding my hand and guiding me through this life. I know that I love him with my whole heart, soul, and mind. Everything. That is what I KNOW.
ReplyDeleteI've told you this before, but in the heart of everything all we can know is what believe and don't believe.
ReplyDeleteKristiane's answer works too for me.
I know that our purpose here on this earth is to be the best we can be, and to be kind to others. The more good we put into the universe the more we receive. That is what I know.
ReplyDeleteI know that "Has Been" is a wonderful album.
ReplyDeleteThis is the only fact in which I can comfortably have one hundred percent confidence.
rob,
ReplyDeletehey man this is joe, i am an empiricist in many respects, just be aware that your senses can fool you but was long as you base ideas about stuff on evidence and facts, then you are in pretty good standing, don't worry so much about believes (not just religious or personal, but belief in general) it's good to have assumptions as long as they are in check with reality. one thing i'd like to say is we can goo all day about the ways of knowing, because 1) it's fascinating as you've said. 2) if you are inquiring about the universe, know that you are not alone (honestly that is what science does) and 3) keep in mind not all ideas are created equal, some may sound good, but can lead you far off.
just stay skeptical not cynical and you'll be fine. do we come in with some capabilites/knowledge, sure but if their is one thing i am certain it's that life condones learning, so obviously we don't come in with a wealth of knowledge, much is still to be known
The only thing that I know, which probably has no chance of being either proved or disproved, is that no human is exactly like any other.
ReplyDeleteKnowledge as man knows it is transitory. What one generation holds as irrefutable fact is found to be pure myth by the next. Very few truths are kept in the mental world of man for much longer than a few hundred years.
ReplyDeleteAs for what I know, here it is: Love, the most human and fleeting of emotions, is all that rules the world. From the base desires of the flesh to the greed of the moneylender to the love without equal of John and Yoko, Love is all there is in the world. It is the Creator, the Preserver, and the Destroyer.