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... THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE: 12 ANGRY MEN IS IT AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION TO CLAIM THAT SOME WAYS OF KNOWING GIVE US FACTS WHILE OTHERS PROVIDE INTERPRETATIONS? We all live in a complex world where we are not sure if anything we know is true. We distinguish knowledge from belief when we are certain of what we believe in. However, in a lot of cases, we believe a fact is a fact because we see that people all around us believe in that fact, or merely because we are used to being told that fact over and over again. But in fact, what we think is a fact now might not be a fact, therefore, I would say that it is an oversimplification to claim that some Ways of Knowing give us facts and others provide interpretations. There are four ways of knowing - language, perception, reason and emotion. One way of knowing is by
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