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6th March 2020

Is there a difference between ‘knowing’ something and ‘having knowledge’ of
something?
Knowing something means that we already know something or some basic facts and
having knowledge on the other hand means that we have details knowledge about
the specific thing either though experience or detailed research.
Ex: we know this a laptop but we don’t know about how it’s functioning (what’s
underneath)

What is ‘truth’?
Truth is stating something or explaining something for its actual state after a detailed
research without adding details of one’s own point of view,

What do we really mean when we say something is ‘true’?
It means that the facts stated are not manipulated nor exaggerated and the facts are
stated as it is and is reliable.

Is there a difference between knowing something is ‘true’ and believing that
something is ‘true’?
Knowing something is true is where you analyze, research and conclude that the
facts are true, where the knowledge gathered supports the existing details.
Example: 1+1=2.
Believing something is true on the other hand is there is no real proof as to what is
right and wrong and true or false but according to one’s own opinion concludes that
something is true without any proper research.

What is the difference between subjective and objective ‘truth’?
Subjective truth is where it is not yet decided as to what is true or false and the
opinions might change as it is not yet researched to identify as true or false but
relies mostly on the opinion of people.
Objective truth on the other hand is researched and identified as the truth based
on facts and figure and no one can argue regarding its credibility.

What is a ‘fact’ and can ‘facts’ change?
Facts are things that were researched and concluded, facts are reliable and
consistent. Facts do not change with time but there are occasions where certain facts
can change with time.

How do we discover if something is ‘true’ or not?
It is by gathering information, analyzing its credibility and reliability , then
comparing the information gathered with the actual and deciding whether the
details of the finding match the actual hence conclude whether it is true if the
details match and not true if the details does not match

“We do not see things as they are but as we are” Anais Nin. What does this mean?
It means that the decision we take or how we look at things depends on our point of
view or our perspective, where our current knowledge and past experiences
manipulates the decisions that we make and hence we do not see the things are they
are but we see them in our point of view with the knowledge and experience we have
which might not be the actual scenario.

“Reality is an illusion, albeit a very persistent one” (Einstein) What does this mean?
It means that our sense organs gives signals to our brain regarding the present
environment that we live in or everything other thing and the sense organs uses past
experiences and details to communicate to the brain about the present hence the
present reality is actually an illusion that the brain shows using the details provided by
the sense organs and it continues to exist

Is there a difference between ‘true’ and ‘valid’? Explain!
True is where the details are reliable and consistent and the facts are stated as it is but
all things true and not valid where sometimes the details about certain things might be
true but it might not be valid or useful for the current scenario and hence the details
might not be necessary.