Epistemology, like the rest of Philosophy, is something that a lot more people should know.
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Lol. Can we ever really know epistemology?
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Good point, but if so then can we ever know anything? And if then can we ever do anything?
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I jest, of course. Knowing epistemology is like living the living of life. Not a critique, just noting the linguistic joy of infinite loops.
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No offense,
@neiltyson, but this is LITERALLY the kind of thing we in the history of science/science & technology studies endeavor to teach. -
If you are ever interested, I would be happy to tell you about our field and what it does! We have studied these questions a long time!
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And we continue to study them! It is an active, vibrant field of research. With conferences and journals and everything! It's good stuff!
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You're a shining example Alex. But as a high school teacher I know this stuff is both nuanced and complex.
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""Data isn’t truth, but language. It can help us decide or express the truth, but data never is the truth"
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Who are you quoting?
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This is like an English professor saying, "rarely do we think about why stars shine." It implies there aren't disciplines devoted to this!
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I think he was mostly saying that we are not taught enough from/about these disciplines, and was not implying they don't exist.
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Everyone takes English and history classes, I don't think the problem is that people don't know about the humanities
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Re-read his original statement: it implies that most people's humanities course experience doesn't adequately cover these particular issues.
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Sure, that's one reading. I don't agree with it though
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I agree that upper-level humanities do offer exactly this, & quite well: it's just that most people (B.A. or not) don't get access to it.
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