Knowledge

[Man in Black]

We suppose ourselves to possess unqualified scientific knowledge of a thing, as opposed to knowing it in the accidental way in which the sophist knows, when we think that we know the cause on which the fact depends, as the cause of that fact and of no other, and, further, that the fact could not be other than it is. Now that scientific knowing is something of this sort is evident — witness both those who falsely claim it and those who actually possess it, since the former merely imagine themselves to be, while the latter are also actually, in the condition described. Consequently the proper object of unqualified scientific knowledge is something which cannot be other than it is. — Aristotle



There is no single agreed definition of knowledge presently, nor any prospect of one, and there remain numerous competing theories.

Just post something you've learned today

[Man in Black]

Yashepheh came to be the word Jasper in the English language. Mostly because it sort of sounds like it.

[blackcat]

I have learned that sometimes it best to be quiet

[Man in Black]

Most live webcams that are free... suck!

[Valentine]

I learned the definition of nyctophobia. A fear of the dark

[Man in Black]

Jul 27, 2008 21:05:05 GMT -5 Valentine said:

I learned the definition of nyctophobia. A fear of the dark

Wow, that's a cool word... it almost sounds illegal or something


I learned that rocks from weed eaters can put out bathroom windows.