How Do You Know That?

Sep 18, 2023
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Updated: Oct 6, 2023

By K P Mohanan and Tara Mohanan

This document examines different sources sources of knowledge like sense perception leading to observation, introspection, memory, reasoning, testimony, invention, intuition, and insight. While these are sources of knowledge that we need to rely on, it is important not to treat them as infallible. The rational temper that lies at the heart of the norms of academic inquiry demand that we must doubt and question each of them, even while relying on them.

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