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Richard P. Feynman on Uncertainty “I think it's much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong. I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of uncertainty about different things, but I am not absolutely sure of anything and there are many things I don't know anything about.”
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Constructing a Knowledge Issue A step by step guide
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AOK/ WOKLinking questions/ words MathematicsBelief EthicsCertainty Natural SciencesCulture Human SciencesEvidence HistoryExperience The ArtsExplanation Interpretation Sense PerceptionIntuition LanguageJustification EmotionTruth ReasonValues Steps 1.Take one or two words from column 1 2.Take one or two words from column 2 3.Relate them to the real-life issue or topic under discussion in the form of an open question
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Examples Real- life question issue: ‘Wikipedia says that Bangkok is in Thailand KI: ‘How can I use reason to know whether information from an internet source is accurate and reliable?’ AOK/ WOKLinking questions/ words MathematicsBelief EthicsCertainty Natural SciencesCulture Human SciencesEvidence HistoryExperience The ArtsExplanation Interpretation PerceptionIntuition LanguageJustification EmotionTruth SensesValues
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Examples ‘The choice of the phrase “all men are created equal” instead of “all humans...” set back women’s rights 200 years. KI: ‘To what extent does the choice of words to express ideas subconsciously alter our understanding of them?’ AOK/ WOKLinking questions/ words MathematicsBelief EthicsCertainty Natural SciencesCulture Human SciencesEvidence HistoryExperience The ArtsExplanation Interpretation PerceptionIntuition LanguageJustification EmotionTruth SensesValues
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Examples ‘My homeopath says the contents of this bottle will cure me, but my doctor says they will do nothing at all.’ KI: ‘How reliable are scientific methods when used to test apparently incompatible claims about how the world works?’ AOK/ WOKLinking questions/ words MathematicsBelief EthicsCertainty Natural SciencesCulture Human SciencesEvidence HistoryExperience The ArtsExplanation Interpretation PerceptionIntuition LanguageJustification EmotionTruth SensesValues
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So, is it a knowledge issues? Is the SUBJECT of the questions about knowledge? Or how we know something? Or what affects our belief of something? Our perception of something? Etc.... X Is the subject a topic that could have a clear answering talking about a ‘real’ thing
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