Philosophy Curriculum #7: How do we know, what we know?

from the agora to the algorithm

Continuing my philosophy deep dive, this week was all about the deceptively simple question: how do we know what we know?

I’ve heard from the Sophists (essentially, ancient spin doctors), Socrates (through Plato’s dialogues) and a few women whose voices philosophy nearly forgot. The central questions?

• What is the basis of knowledge?

• If we think we know s…