PHLA10H3 : Review #7
Document Summary
Objects of knowledge that are highly linked to others tend to be placed towards the center of the web. On the other hand, statements that are next to the web"s periphery tend to have less interconnection and may suffer more revisions. The problem arises if we try to give a linguistic account of understanding. The knowledge of a definition according to such an account would have to be propositional knowledge: define necessary and sufficient conditions. A condition a is said to be necessary for a condition b, if (and only if) the falsity (/nonexistence /non-occurrence) [as the case may be] of a guarantees (or brings about) the falsity (/nonexistence /non-occurrence) of b. The justified true belief model accounts for the nature of knowledge as a finite set of statements or rules used to discern between what is and what isn"t propositional knowledge. Science is only a portion of humanity"s subjective knowledgestatements are not objective truths, but are subjective by nature.
