One thing this election season has made clear to me is that many Americans would benefit from a course in epistemology. Very few seem to know the difference between a fact and an assumption (or even an impression).
Epistemology - Wikipedia
Epistemology (i/ᵻˌpɪstᵻˈmɒlədʒi/; from Greek ἐπιστήμη, epistēmē, meaning "knowledge", and λόγος, logos, meaning "logical discourse") is the branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge.[1]
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Bob Yavits
Bob Yavits "The first well known sceptic was Socrates who claimed that his only knowledge was that he knew nothing with certainty."
I'm with him.
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Bob Yavits
Bob Yavits On the other hand:
"(William) James discarded conventional philosophical views of truth and defined truth to be based on how well a concept works in a specific context rather than objective rational criteria."
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Bob Yavits
Bob Yavits Pragmatism
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Larry Burgess

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Bob Yavits
Bob Yavits Here it is. A free audio course on Epistemology:
Lecture Course on Epistemology : Richard Dien Winfield : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
Do yourself a favor. I'm going to.
Lecture Course on Epistemology : Richard Dien Winfield : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive
(Spring 2015) The course will critically examine the fundamental approaches to the philosophical theory of knowledge. Please refer to the syllabus (pdf, below)...
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Patrick Burns
Patrick Burns ...problem is "most" Americans are morons ...what is reported on and "perceived" to be true IS...and or worse than it is ... and becomes very very bad indeed. I mean lets get real "emails" re we really talking about emails? I guess we are . ... God I hope I spelled "morons" correctly...
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Gene Katz
Gene Katz Past 5 years or so I have embraced Critical Thinking more and more. Works for me.
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Bob Yavits
Bob Yavits Critical Thinking and Epistemology have much in common.
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Gene Katz
Gene Katz Yes indeed!
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Don't know about epistemology. I just think your pist!