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kai [Kinds of Knowers]
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 ====== What is Knowledge? ====== ====== What is Knowledge? ======
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 distinguish distinguish
  
-  * personal knowledge,\\ based on a person'​s own experience -- e.g.+  * __personal knowledge__,\\ based on a person'​s own experience -- e.g.
     * much of knowledge how to ... is personal knowledge;     * much of knowledge how to ... is personal knowledge;
     * what I see, what I remember, what I feel.     * what I see, what I remember, what I feel.
  
-  * shared knowledge,\\ publication **+** acceptance by others:\\ BUT what that acceptance is based on depends on the area of knowledge -- e.g.+  * __shared knowledge__,\\ publication **+** acceptance by others:\\ BUT what that acceptance is based on depends on the area of knowledge -- e.g.
     * in science:\\ experiments must be repeatable, by others, in other places,     * in science:\\ experiments must be repeatable, by others, in other places,
     * in history:\\ new evidence must be credible, a new '​story'/​account must make sense of the evidence.     * in history:\\ new evidence must be credible, a new '​story'/​account must make sense of the evidence.
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