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Since the dawn of time, man has pondered the endless quest to answer the perennial question of knowledge and what we really know. Ha ha!! Just kidding, only wanted to get your attention! Let me start over&We have been born and raised into a carnal and primitive society, using touch and sight and sound as our sources of knowledge and learning. Babies cling to their tender mothers in knowledge that they will be secure and protected and children who bear the burn prints of hot plates on their once flawless hands now know the reality of the glowing coils. Youth attend school and pursue learning of the arts and sciences to morph into adults and become an asset to society. Yet, how do we know the childhood hot plate scars that we bear on our phalanges are really there? Was the excruciating pain really sent from the nerve to the fingers to the brain in an indubitable experience? Did we really latch on to our mothers in hopes of receiving love and comfort? I argue that we really have no knowledge of the external world. As I was pondering this cleverly assigned topic, I feel the need to distinguish and define the term knowledge of th