Saturday, January 30, 2010

TOK-All knowledge claims should be open to open criticism

I completely agree with this statement, since I also believe in it as well. I strongly believe in this statement and I try to abide by it whenever possible. When someone claims that something is true he has to be ready for someone disagreeing with him therefore causing an argument, because everyone has their right to do so, everyone has a right to agree or disagree with something, whether the person who is claiming that the statement is true or not likes it, because when you claim that something is true the only thing you can do with that is to try and persuade the people around you whether it's true or not and what will help you persuade the people and make them also believe that your statement is true is using evidence or keeping a very straight face while saying it. Rational Criticism is something that everyone should be open to if someone is not I believe that whatever they are saying could not be true since, he has not persuaded me enough or proven to me that his statement is true, I mean for example if you are in the middle of a trial and you claim that a piece of knowledge is true, then you should be open to rational criticism from your opponent and a jury that will be looking for more evidence in order to be persuaded into believing that your knowledge base is true in order to make a decision, because you can't claim that someone killed someone without being open to rational criticism. I strongly agree with this statement and I also strongly believe that everyone should be open to rational criticism as it will justify their statement and will therefore make it reliable and trustworthy to all the people you are proving your statment to.