I KNOW Y'ALL AIN'T TIRED
Epistemology is probably the most bad-ass sounding part of philosophy (a-PISS-tuh-MOL-a-JEE). The word itself is a bit intimidating and sounds kinda as if it’s got something to do with fencing. At least to me. In reality, it has nothing to do with fencing. Like so much of philosophy, it’s a word derived from Greek, with epistēmē meaning ‘knowledge’, and –ology meaning ‘study of.’ Epistemologists are chiefly concerned with two questions, ‘What is knowledge?’ and ‘What can we know?’ In this post we’ll be exploring the first one. Now we’re spoiled for choice when it comes to Kanye songs that refer to knowledge. There’s ‘I Need to Know’ from Freshmen Adjustment Vol. 1 and ‘U Know’ from Freshmen Adjustment Vol. 3 . More recently, there’s the first line of ‘Streetlights’ from 808s and the intro to ‘Bound 2’. For this one, though, we’re gonna go with ‘The New Workout Plan’. (NOTE: disclaimer .) This one’s from back in t...