How can we “know”

anything?
09RP&E – ways of knowing.
 Where does knowledge come from?
 Knowledge begins its life-cycle as information –
data input.
 This is the “information age”. In your pocket is
access to more information than your ancestors
could even dream about.
 But this is not the only
way you know things…
 Data Input

 Run your hands over the

desk …
 What can you feel?
 What information does
this action provide you
with?
 Where does knowledge come from?
 It’s 2019
 and year Three
 and 1440
 How do you account for this?
How do
“know”
what
these
pieces of
informati
on mean?
How do
you
“know”
what this
feels like?
How do
you
“know”
what this
smells
like?
How did
they
“know”
that this
was the
right
decision?
How do
you“know
” what the
right
answer is?
 A real life example…
 http://www.theoryofknowledge.net/knowledge-and-knowers/where-does-kno
wledge-come-from-2/
 8 Different Ways of Knowing…
 Memory
 Reason
 Language
 Intuition
 Senses
 Imagination
 Faith
 Emotions