Encyclopedia of Opinion
Question
What is knowledge?
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Knowledge is predicated on social conditions

This position holds that knowledge is predicated on social conditions — it cannot be understood in isolation, existing only within a particular social context. It argues that the social structures we inhabit shape what we can know and what counts as knowledge in the first place.

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  1. Knowledge is dependent on social structures
    The way humans understand the world relates directly to the political and social environments that an individual resides under.