Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 2:30pm
“Fake” Knowledge: Knowing and the Illusion of Knowing
A nomenclator was a slave whose duty was to accompanying his master in canvassing the streets of Classical Rome in order to recall the names of those his master encountered. Each of us is, in a way, both that ancient politician and that slave, relying on others’ memories to supply us with knowledge, and others relying on us for the knowledge we recall for them.… read more »
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Saturday, October 14th, 2017 at 2:30pm
“Fake” Knowledge: Knowing and the Illusion of Knowing
A nomenclator was a slave whose duty was to accompanying his master in canvassing the streets of Classical Rome in order to recall the names of those his master encountered. Each of us is, in a way, both that ancient politician and that slave, relying on others’ memories to supply us with knowledge, and others relying on us for the knowledge we recall for them.… read more »