Forester Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 "the more we know or the more we think we know, the more difficult it is for us to see or recognize new knowledge." Does anyone know any philosopher who had this idea? I need to reference it for my TOK essay, but I do not know who to give credits to lol. Thanks. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
avrila Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Are you doing the Topic about Miller's statement. "In expanding the field of knowledge, we but increase the horizon of ignorance." I guess so. Well, there's a few quote related to this: Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. — Confucius I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing and that is I know nothing- Socrates Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 You could just reference it as "Anonymous" or "Unknown". If you can't find it, no one may have said it. It might just be something you have heard. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted January 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I made it up that's the thing lol. But if someone did say it before, I'd get marked down for not referencing? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vvi Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 I don't think so, tons of quotes are marked "Anonymous" online or even in some books. Some things just get lost. Poor guy who won't be made famous in your TOK essay You could say "As someone once said,...." or "As an unknown philosopher/person once remarked,..." I use quotes in history essays all the time and don't always remember who said them. If I do that, I tend to start the essay off with the quote. That way, I can continue to talk about it and not have to mention who said it coz it's my opening line. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashika Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Here's another related quote that I came across when I was studying psychology: "When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; this is knowledge" - Confucius Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forester Posted January 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2009 Thanks for the advice. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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