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About Author: Eli Weber is a graduate student in Environmental Ethics and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Colorado State University. He holds bachelor’s degrees in sociology and philosophy from Chapman University and currently lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with his wife Laura. You can read more of Eli's writing on Ethics at http://www.Everyday-Ethics.org today!

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How Does Science Contribute to Knowledge? (Truth Vs. Practicality)

In previous articles, we have discussed the problems associated with crowning the knowledge of Western sciences as the epistemological gold standard. Generally speaking, by limiting our conceptions of knowledge to that which can be verified by experimentation and scientific explanatory power, we fail to consider other important aspects of our world. Often, this is detrimental

Is All Knowledge Good?

Knowledge is a buzzword in the modern world. To say that we have knowledge in some area is to say that we have a good firm grasp on what is actually going on. We are going beyond mere opinion, and seemingly, our knowledge allows us to do certain things that would be impossible if we