ENGC44H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Shared Experience, Deconstruction, Main Source
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Epistemology is a theory of knowledge especially with regard to its methods, validity and scope, and the distinction between justified belief and opinion. What social or cultural structures influence the ways in which we (claim to. We obtain information by consulting google but this is not necessarily a balanced source. Knowledge is information processed through a thinking human mind. Plato defined knowledge as justified true belief. Expertise; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. What is known in a particular field or in total; facts and verified information. Awareness gained by experience of a fact or situation. A social space in which knowledge is created, stored, transmitted, examined, and critiqued. -a dynamic relationship-each forms and informs the others-not mutually exclusive categories. We create new knowledge through research, analyses, and critique. Knowledge is stored in libraries, textbooks, websites, professors" heads. We engage one another in conversation (literal or imagined via written works).
