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oilin924 · Vegan Talk Visitor Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 8

"Knowledge is a perception of those connections of an object which determine its applicability in a given situation." What does John Dewey mean by this? How does he explicate this idea through his example of the modern and savage understandings of the "flaming comet"?

AndyBa · Lord of the posts Joined: 27 May 2001 Posts: 670

Well it's quite simple.. imho one really understands something when he knows how it works and can use it or even change it.

All the other types of understandings are superficial.. and are just for comfort.. something like: "Yeah I know what is this I had some similar experiences.. "
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The human body has no more need for cows' milk than it does for dogs' milk, horses' milk, or giraffes' milk. ~Michael Klaper, M.D., author of Vegan Nutrition: Pure & Simple