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I know my name is Joel because is says so on my birth certificate, also because my parents and siblings told me which is backed up by the certificate that is an official doceument labeled with the stamp.


 * Knowledge**: The overcome of a process during time;knowledge is a justified,true,belief

'**Impersonal propositional**' is knowledge by description

'**Personal**' knowledge is knowledge by
 * **introspection/intraspection**
 * **Practice**
 * **Conviction**

Subconscious knowledge is knowledge by instinct


 * __Justification__**

This refers to the relating of the subject to something else which has not been discussed

A good justification must be **true**, **have clear language** and **respect the principals of logic**

The three methods to justify if something is true are as follows:
 * **Correspondence** Theory
 * **Coherence** Theory
 * **Pragmatic** Theory

E.g If someone has been missing numerous shots during a football game, correspondence theory then suggests that this trend shall carry on
 * Correspondence**: Comparing of logic, facts of senses and experience

E.g Apple's GUI looks better than windows
 * Pragmatic**: This refers to the personal belief an individual has upon a topic


 * Coherence**: An evaluation of truth broken down into 'PIE'

P- Public- Does the society believe it?

I- Independent- Do you believe it?

E- External- Will it continue to be true as time progresses?

If all these questions are answered with a 'yes' then you have what is called a '**Universal truth**' (A permanent fact that is true to the public regardless of your location E.g It is called 'Night' when the sun goes down).


 * __Ways of knowing (WOK)__**
 * Emotions
 * Reasoning
 * Perception of senses
 * Language
 * Experience
 * Authority
 * Logic

E.g- History or any science etc.
 * Paradigm**: A model or conceptual system for understanding experience, they are formed by concepts in order to assist us in organizing experience.


 * __Areas Of Knowing (AOK)__**


 * Natural Science
 * History
 * Art
 * Mathematics
 * Ethics


 * __Issues regarding knowledge__**


 * Knowledge Claim**: Someone's P.O.V which brings up discussion.

A few things to detect a knowledge claim are as follows:


 * Can any counter claims be made?
 * What WOK are involved?
 * What AOK can this claim but classified into?
 * Does it contain problematic concepts?