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__Plato's Definition of Knowledge__

In order for someone to know something, it has to be true, they have to believe it is, and it has to be justified.

__Theories to Justify Something__

Correspondance To justify something by comparing it with something that has happened in the past, so because something has happened before, it will happen again.

Pragmatic This is when something is justified by your beliefs.

Coherence By definition

__How to know if something is true__

Pie:
 * P**ublic; whether or not society believes it.
 * I**ndependant; whether or not you believe it.
 * E**ternal; whether it will changue in time.

If all these requirements are met, you have a universal truth that will be true no matter what.

__Ways of Knowing__

Senses Experience Perception Emotions Reasoning Language Logic Authority

__Paradigm__

These are concepts that enable us to understand experience and allow us to take something from it. E.g. Catholicism, History, Science

__Areas of Knowing__

Natural Science History Art Ethics Maths

I know that it's darker at night than it is in the day because i see it everyday, I believe it is, and it is scientifically proven.