The second one is Knowledge by Description, the sort of knowledge which we obtain from a secondary source, and not by personally experiencing a thing. The given example stated that "I Know Paris is the capital of France.", and people said they knew that Paris was the capital of France in various ways:
- Somebody told them
- From an atlas/newspaper/magazine (written source)
- School/internet
- Live(d) in Paris
Also, it was seen that all opinion is knowledge, as having an opinion means that you know such an opinion exists. That gave rise to the concept of "biased knowledge" and about how much we know is actually true and how much is biased. According to me, all knowledge is biased, and all knowledge is based COMPLETELY on opinion and what people perceive to be true. It is what people find best-fitting to the current understanding of the current aspects which they know about. Every "fact" and piece of "knowledge" is based on the most concurrent opinion between the people deciding on that fact. What seems to fit current understanding may be far from the actual truth, but is still taken to be "knowledge" as it seems to fit understanding. As a result, in my opinion, all opinion is based on more opinion, and all knowledge is biased.
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