Lay Epistemics and the Generation of Knowledge

Where does knowledge come from? How do you know if something is true or false? These are difficult questions to answer. Even more so today, when you’re constantly flooded with new information via technology. The theory of lay epistemics explains how you choose the information you subsequently convert into knowledge. Firstly, you need to understand that all information is data. However, it isn’t all knowledge. In fact, it’ll only become knowledge when you believe it. Nevertheless, the information doesn’t necessarily have to be true for you to believe it. For example, take the tooth fairy. You consider the information and decide…