ABSTRACT

We say we know when what we mean is we believe. We say we have knowledge when what we have is an opinion. We say our beliefs are justified when our evidence is subjective and often fanciful. Knowledge-as easily as we speak of it, as important as it is and as desirable as we take it to be-is not well understood. In this chapter, the conception of knowledge is deconstructed and defined in a practical and operative way.