PHILOSOPHY - Epistemology: Introduction to Theory of Knowledge [HD]

In this Wireless Philosophy video, Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto) launches our Theory of Knowledge series. We look at the line between knowing and just believing something, focusing on factors like truth and confidence.

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[AtSwimTwoBricks]

Can we make this the "Jennifer Nagel explains everything perfectly" channel? That introduction was flawless.

[alorikkoln]

I feel even dumber than before I watched this.

[BarHonigfeld]

This video gives the impression that waking up in windowless rooms is less upsetting than potential rain :D Pierre is a tough dude, I would totally freak.

[AlexandriaRohn]

00:40 What is knowledge? When really examined there's a lot of interesting paradoxes and questions.
01:02 What is the verb "to know"? There's multiple usages in the English language but this series focuses on the "knowing a fact" sense of the word.
02:00 Knowledge is a way to be latched onto a fact
02:05 Of the word languages, only about 100 words are universal to them all. "To know" is one of them.
02:40 Knowing vs believing. We instinctively feel some difference between them. Believing is sometimes true or sometimes false. What we know is factual or probable.
03:45 Beyond truth, confidence is another condition of knowing.
04:35 A good basis of justification seems to be a third condition of knowledge. Simply have a belief about a fact doesn't mean one possesses knowledge.
05:30 Is knowledge even possible? Perhaps you're dreaming. This is skepticism.

[rumplstiltztinkerstein]

Just a healthy joke here. No wonder Pierre is totally pessimistic about things all the time. He lives on a room without any windows.

[CantBelikeit]

Know is one the most commonly used words because... "I don't know" :D

[mischiefmanaged]

This reminds me of my Theory of Knowledge class.

I think knowledge doesn't necessarily have to be truth, but truth is always knowledge. Facts/knowledge remain so until we know better. Knowledge requires evidence, which could be truth, but belief doesn't but it still could also be truth due to sheer coincidence.

[raijinmeister]

Thanks for taking your time and share this, for the lack of a better word, knowledge, with us Jennifer.

[woodystone]

Loved this video. I like how it broke down the method or reasoning of going about defining knowledge. Subscribed.

[stGruhn]

And here in lies the problem of philosophy: you can nearly spend a lifetime studying each word's ontology of the definition to a concept. Justification, veritology (truth), belief formation... these are huge topics!

[edgarpayne]

As a tutor of English and basic arithmetic, this video will be a perfect introduction to Epistemology for impressionable young people who have questions about falsifiable reality. Hopefully they shall be encouraged to question supernatural myths the human species has clung to over our existence.
Much appreciation for the author of this precise explanation of epistemology.

[awaitingbacklash]

If Pierre wakes up in a windowless room, things are definitely going wrong. 😂

[danielmathews]

This is awesome, we just started our Theory of Knowledge course.
Please make more on this topic!

[francismausley]

Excellent series... "In truth, knowledge is a veritable treasure for man, and a source of glory, of bounty, of joy, of exaltation, of cheer and gladness unto him. Happy the man that cleaveth unto it, and woe betide the heedless." ~ Bahá'u'lláh

[awhileawonder]

Thanks a ton for starting this series!!

[RosesAndIvy]

I read Plato's Theaetetus recently, this is a good summery of it, very clear!

[owrealitybitme]

This is a true feat. congratulations and well done!!!

[student]

Thank you for a very educative talk. Stay blessed.

[lystic]

I would say:
The difference between belief and knowledge is that you are more certain if you know it than if you believe it unless it's a religious context.
And if you perceive yourself to be more certain, that will help you feel more confident about it.

But saying that you know something, and actually knowing something are two potentially different things.
It's like hearing it rain, and it raining, are two different things. The latter requiring it to actually be the case.

[benandsylvia]

Outstanding video, Jennifer!
More tools in my toolbox of epistemology.