What does it mean to know something? (Homework Assignment #8)

To know something means to be able to say able to say what you know about that thing and be able to prove that you do. You are able to say absolutely everything you know on the subject and can back yourself up with evidence either from your own experience or just prior knowledge. The definition of knowledge is the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association. It is impossible to say that you know everything about everything on the planet. You cannot truly know everything unless by the definition that you have experienced it. Like a man cannot say that he knows about being pregnant, he may know what his wife tells him about it but he does not truly know what it feels like himself and never will. He can read books about pregnancy and interview pregnant women and he cannot deny that he knows about pregnancy through those sources but by definition he does not truly have the knowledge about it. It’s hard to define what knowledge or the act of knowing really is but you just have to have the experience with the subject matter. That is what makes knowing something real, experience.