Pragmatic Encroachment: Do Our Practical Interests Affect What We Know? - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology An introduction to pragmatic encroachment, the view that the pragmatic or practical stakes of a belief can make a difference to whether that belief is justified or known.

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"Pragmatic Encroachment: Do Our Practical Interests Affect What We Know?" by Alexandra Lloyd

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Teaching IB’s #TheoryofKnowledge for the first time, educator Hafsa Khan discovered Kialo made discussions more structured, inclusive, and engaging.

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Topical Units - 1000-Word Philosophy: An Introductory Anthology Below are units of our essays on topics of timely and timeless interest. Critical Thinking and Arguments Justice Government The Law Conspiracy Theories Knowledge Indoctrination Free Speech Expertise D...

Knowledge

Most people know a lot. But many people claim to know things that they probably don’t know. But what is knowledge anyway?

Epistemology, or Theory of Knowledge by Thomas Metcalf

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The philosophy of astronomy - ABC listen What is the ideology that propels scientists to go to so much trouble? Think, for example, of the hazards involved in a voyage from Europe to our part of the world in the 18th century. Why would you g...

The Philosophy of Astronomy

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Hello #EduSky and #EduSkyAU ! I am teaching #TheoryOfKnowledge #IBDP next year and I am looking for #ToK peeps who are here on 🦋.... if you know of anyone can you please recommend. Super excited to be teaching it but also super nervous