If truth is what we are after, and knowledge is based on a collection of "facts" learned from others or by personal experience, it is inconclusive. Truth never changes, science constantly questions and tests what are accepted as facts to discover the truth (completely opposite to saying "I am the science" based on knowledge of facts). Teaching people to believe a collection of knowledge makes a person "educated" rather than teaching them how to use their brains to think critically and be curious is a fraud. "It is a miracle that curiosity survives a formal education." - Albert Einstein
For anyone interested in epistemology, I suggest looking at the Pramanas. The Samkhya, Yoga, Purva Mimamsa, and Uttara Mimamsa schools have a lot to say, as well as the Buddhist and Jain schools who inherited some of the concepts.
A great primer on one of epistemology’s most enduring puzzles. Gettier really shook things up...and for good reason. It exposed how even beliefs that seem justified and true can still fall short of knowledge if luck is doing too much of the work. In a world drowning in confident opinions, sharpening our sense of what counts as 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 belief feels more necessary than ever.
If truth is what we are after, and knowledge is based on a collection of "facts" learned from others or by personal experience, it is inconclusive. Truth never changes, science constantly questions and tests what are accepted as facts to discover the truth (completely opposite to saying "I am the science" based on knowledge of facts). Teaching people to believe a collection of knowledge makes a person "educated" rather than teaching them how to use their brains to think critically and be curious is a fraud. "It is a miracle that curiosity survives a formal education." - Albert Einstein
For anyone interested in epistemology, I suggest looking at the Pramanas. The Samkhya, Yoga, Purva Mimamsa, and Uttara Mimamsa schools have a lot to say, as well as the Buddhist and Jain schools who inherited some of the concepts.
A great primer on one of epistemology’s most enduring puzzles. Gettier really shook things up...and for good reason. It exposed how even beliefs that seem justified and true can still fall short of knowledge if luck is doing too much of the work. In a world drowning in confident opinions, sharpening our sense of what counts as 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 belief feels more necessary than ever.