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Originally Posted by Brian Bosse Hello Tom B,
The reason I started this thread to explore epistemology without assuming all the intricacies of the current debates in the field. Rather, I was hoping to let the discussion develop these ideas. If someone came up to you and asked you what knowledge is, how would you answer them? My guess is that you would read your audience, and answer accordingly. In this thread I was hoping we would not assume much epistemological sophistication. I was hoping to spark discussion that would develop into more sophisticated ideas. The thread would be kind of like an introduction to epistemology that would start with justified true belief, explore the problems with this, and then explore different solutions. It seems my idea is misplaced and this is not a good thread. 
Brian | I think it's a good thread, and I'd be more interested in discussing if you would be, too.
Paul says in Colossians 2 that all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Christ. Would that be a starting point for defining knowledge? And just so you don't assume that in asking a simple question I'm trying to espouse Clarkianism, please know that I am not doing so. | David,
What do you take Paul to be saying in Colossians 2?
CT | I'm not totally sure, which is why I asked the question whether this would be a good place to start. It sounds to me like Paul is saying that knowledge and wisdom, whatever they are, are found in Christ, whatever that means.
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This may explain the old adage about Baptists being Methodists with shoes, and Presbyterians being Baptists who can read. To round out the adage, Lutherans might qualify as Presbyterians who drink to excess, and Episcopalians as Lutherans who know when to say when. - D.G. Hart
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