Types of Knowledge
Experiential knowledge plus those parts of academic and informal knowledge which you have made your own
Personal knowledge
Uncritically accepting something as true simply because an authority says it is true
Authority Worship
What is the definition of knowledge according to Plato?
Justified True Belief
The tendency of the news media to focus on bad news rather than good news
Bad news bias
Knowledge gained through experience, either by acquaintance or as a practical knowledge
Experiential knowledge
Cultural beliefs and practices generally considered to be true without the need for any further justification
Common Sense
Lack of knowledge, learning, information; not knowing the truth or anything at all about a certain person, place, thing, or event
Ignorance
When some aspect of your core beliefs is challenged, it can cause you to believe even more strongly.
Backfire Effect
Knowledge of facts
Propositional knowledge
Direct perception of truth, fact, etc., independent of any reasoning process; immediate apprehension; pure, untaught, noninferential knowledge
Intuition
Disconnected facts which have not been organized into systematic knowledge
Information
The tendency to notice evidence which supports your position and ignore evidence which contradicts it
Confirmation Bias
Any knowledge which is not organized into an academic discipline, such as cultural and local knowledge, random facts and trivia
Informal knowledge
What's the difference between inductive and deductive reasoning?
Inductive reasoning takes you from the specific to the general, while in deductive reasoning, you make inferences by going from general premises to specific conclusions.
The recognition that the things you believe in might in fact be wrong
Intellectual Humility
We mistake imagination for real memories.
False Memory
Knowledge from experience and/or observation
Empirical knowledge
List eight possible ways of acquiring knowledge outlined by the Theory of Knowledge
Language, reason, perception, intuition, emotion, memory, imagination, faith
Infinite knowledge, knowledge of everything
Omniscience
If you see a person as having a positive trait, that positive impression will spill over into their other traits.
Halo Effect