Knowledge and the Knower

Knowledge gained through personal experience

• Personal Knowledge

• Shared Knowledge

• Predictive Knowledge

• Observational Knowledge

Knowledge that others have previously gained or communicated

• Personal Knowledge

• Shared Knowledge

• `Value Judgment

• Metaphysical Knowledge

The statement "I get lonely when I am isolated from other people" is an example of which of the following

• Personal Knowledge

• Definitional knowledge

• Hypothetical knowledge

• Implication

What is the zone of exchange?

• The border of two countries

• Where personal and shared knowledge meet

• The place you do currency exchange

• The place between the physical and metaphysical world

Why does reflection matter in gaining knowledge from our experiences?

• It helps us never to make the same mistakes again

• It helps us to make judgments about other people

• It proves our knowledge claims wrong

• It allows us to learn from past and gain new knowledge about ourselves and others

How do we know HOW to do things (skills)?

• Experience

• We are born knowing how

• Being explicitly taught

• By practicing

Which of the following is NOT a knowledge claim?

• The sky is blue.

• How do we know what we know?

• The Earth rotates around the sun

• George Washington was the first president of the US

What type of knowledge claim is: I know that after you die you are reborn into another life.

• Observational

• Value Judgment

• Metaphysical

• Hypothetical

What type of knowledge claim is this "My mom will drink a cup of coffee each day this week as she does every week"

• Value Judgment

• Hypothetical

• Personal Observation

• Predictive

Which of the following knowledge questions is most specific

• What factors led to Castro becoming dictator of Cuba?

• How do revolutions occur?

• Is revolution more often a good or bad thing?

• Is it possible for people to truly know what is good for themselves?