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Is the claim "having a black cat walk in front of your path brings bad luck" to be given the same knowledge status as a claim "the gravitational constant is 9.8m/s2"? Explain.
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Sagar Manilal 28-Nov-2003 Is the claim "having a black cat walk in front of your path brings bad luck" to be given the same knowledge status as a claim "the gravitational constant is 9.8m/s2"? Explain. Knowledge is a term used by many people to interpret things they seem to be accurate with. What most people don't know is the question "What is Knowledge"? Due to research and discussions in class, we have come to de decision that knowledge is very abstract and has sub categories in order to understand it in greater depth. A sort of "definition" we have kept is Knowledge is a justified, true belief. Ways of knowledge and Areas of knowledge are two of the most important criteria that hold knowledge to an understanding "definition". The fact is that knowledge also has a kind of status, implying that not all knowledge is the same. Knowledge has a sort of ranking...
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