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Unlucky-Ad-9021 t1_iuxytd6 wrote

Well I think we shouldn't disregarded the fact that inducing oneself in know-how knowledge by some advanced tech would also put into question rather that itself is knowledge. Epistemic theories such as justified true belief try to refine the definition of knowledge by giving it certain necessary criteria. However, as we all come to learn, every epistemic theory has its own flaws but so does the presupposition of knowledge given in argument as such. There is this one guest professor coming to our uni to talk about a new criteria for justified true belief for knowledge, and thats autonomy. The crux of his thesis tries to put into perspective how autonomy serves a specific purpose as a criteria for gaining knowledge, therefore he is opposing the idea that if we were able to transfer empirical knowledge into our brains it wouldn't actually count as knowledge due to the lack of autonomy. Its still unsure as of how he himself comes to define autonomy into his theory but once he visits I'll let you know.

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