Sylph Angel

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Hey people. Another POD essay to do. Since I'm more used to typing here (do it almost everyday :P), I'll type here.

Knowledge is a treasure mankind has been after for generations. People spend their lives seeking knowledge, people built monuments to commemorate those who find knowledge, and even store knowledge like precious gemstones in the form of books, files, among other objects. Yet, despite all our searching, we can never seem to sate our hunger for knowledge. In fact, we barely know this thing we so desperately desire. Many try to define knowledge, but no definitions have gone uncontested.

These definitions range from "(i) expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject, (ii) what is known in a particular field or in total; facts and information or (iii) awareness or familiarity gained by experience of a fact or situation", as defined by the Oxford English Dictionary, to Plato's formulation of "Justified True Belief". Under closer inspection, we realize the two institutes are referring to knowledge in differing contexts. The Oxford English Dictionary cover more on the usage of the word "knowledge", while Plato talks about what can be considered "knowledge".

Urgh my brain's undergoing a mental surge. I didn't bring my POD book back, so I'm not sure of the topic... Can expand in any direction now.

*sigh* my brain's fried. Maybe I'll just show you a video... Then I'll go do my biology workbook again... So much to do.

Bye.

vεﯠαחƒőχ @ 6:31:00 PM.