Knowledge Questions
Second-order questions are about_______________
knowledge
1) Personal Observation
2) Shared Observation
3) Value
4) Predictions
5) Hypothetical
6) Metaphysical
7) Definitions/Bias/Different Interpretations
To create a knowledge question, where do you begin?
A description of a real-life situation
Define Knowledge Claim
Two Types of Knowledge Claims:
1) Claims that are made within particular areas of knowledge or by individual knowers about the world.
2) Claims that are made about knowledge.
Many knowledge questions begin with the words ‘how do we know’, ‘what counts as knowledge in...’, ‘___________________________’
To what extent, how far
What is knowledge?
Justified true belief
How many answers are there to a knowledge question? Are questions contestable?
Knowledge questions are open in the sense that there are a number of plausible answers to them. The questions are contestable.
Claims that are made by individuals or communities, about how the world and how it works is known as _________________
First order knowledge claims
Instead of focusing on specific content, knowledge questions focus on _________________
(how knowledge is constructed and evaluated)