RE: What is knowledge anyway? A visit to the Shanghai Natural History Museum

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What is knowledge anyway? A visit to the Shanghai Natural History Museum

in steemstem •  6 years ago 

Thanks for your comment. And I think I agree with you. Even though I still agree with what I wrote. Perhaps this is because of the definition of what you consider 'logic' and the role it place in human thinking.

I agree with you, in line with Kant, that the human brain is simply organised in a specific way that makes for a universal way of considering things. Absolutely.

Yet on the other hand, I've recently read an interesting antropological study from many years ago, about how a tribe, when confronted with what we would consider as arguments / proof against their specific idea of how things worked, they would reject that proof for reasons we would never consider part of 'common sense'. And here I think people, from different cultural backgrounds, differ greatly. This article also makes an interesting point in that, how different conceptions about what is 'original' function in different cultures and histories. Perhaps interesting for you: https://aeon.co/essays/why-in-china-and-japan-a-copy-is-just-as-good-as-an-original

And thanks for your comments, good to think about this.

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Cool! Will check that article. Title already interesting :) Thanks!