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... 9. "The knowledge that we value the most is the knowledge for which we can provide the strongest justification." To what extent would you agree with this claim? Natalie Sullivan 13SAW Candidate number : 000650 - 042 Word Count : 1,595 St Dominic's International School May 2009 When asked what the knowledge you value the most is, some might say the knowledge learned has a strong justification, and/or proof. While others may state that, their own inner knowledge and personal beliefs, and what you believe to be 'right', is the knowledge that they find the most valuable. This might mean that people will not solely rely on knowledge provided in something like a textbook or by a person regarded an 'intellectual'. In most cases, people will probably use whatever knowledge that they have previously learned and use it as a base or support of a new way or theory that they may come up with. This
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