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¨The belief system¨
When they are discussing a system, do they mean a system of tradition? For example, systems of belief such as Christianity, democracy, etc. Who is apart of this system, and how much freedom does this system offer? Both the words belief and system create a bothersome feeling for me, as belief represents freedom and system represents control. So which is it? Freedom? Control? Or restricted freedom? The artifact I chose below was a bible. I believe this had a great correlation to my thoughts of a belief system. Christianity has always sort of been a tradition in the U.S., so are we following it because we truly believe in Jesus, or is it because that is what people have done in the past?

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My artifact choice rooted from thoughts on the term presented with. I was born in Erie, PA where many people were Steelers fans and hated the Browns. I, however, grew up as a Browns fan solely because my father was born and raised as one and even though I lived in "Steeler CIty" I was born and raised a Browns fan to this day. Now, along the way I had to eventually make up my mind and say, "yeah I do like the browns". However, that same statement would have came out of my mouth for any other team depending on what was presented with me when I was born. The other reason I chose this artifact if because of where I got it. The name of the shop eludes me but it was from a vintage store in Lakewood. Lakewood has been an environment that has shaped the way I think from before I was even born. The highschool I was to attend, the team I was to cheer and play for as I grew up. The outside influences in my life have shaped the way I think as well as the way I have decided to chose to think. For this reason, I believe that no matter where one is born, raised, and taught the idea that outside influences impact the way we think is inevitable. This artifact came to mind because I have been thinking so much lately on who I am and why I am the person I am. I kept falling back on the influences of my parents and family and instructors.

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"Community of knowers"

What counts as a community of knowers? Is a single person with a specific, presentable beliefe a "community"?

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belief system
This makes me think of a shared belief that forced on the rest of the people in that community.

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Community of Knowers
A Community of Knowers is much different than a Community of Thinkers. A community of knowers does not have to think and analyze the information given to them, and knowers can simply receive information without thinking about it themself. However, a community of

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my  artifact relates to the "belief systems" part of the quote. I chose my play-station because the first thing that came to my mind was something that I believe in. I figured a lot of people would do super significant or biblical items. So I decided I wanted to be different and just do something simple. Now trust me I do love Sony and the Play-station but I wouldn't say it is extremely significant to me. It is just one of those items that are part of something I believe in. Which can be summarized in three sentences. Number One, I will always love play-station and it is way better than x-box. Number Two, I like to chill and play games. This is one way I do it and it is a way I like to do. Number Three, I don't believe in doing what's popular and what's the wave. I mess with my own vibe and own energy.

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"Presented"- my artifact is my earbuds bceause most of my knowledge of the world around me comes from listening. My exposer comes mostly from media like the news, youtube, or the radio.

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"Presented"
As AJ Zetts brought up, this word gave him the vibe of "confronted". He pointed out that, in his experience at least, that Knowers don't gently offer you their system of belief; Knowers confront you with their beliefs to accept them. I think this is an accurate depiction of society as well. The education system and people who think they know the worlds knowledge "present" you, often in a confronting way, and except you to believe it. We should always question the information presented to us, and not blindly accept "facts" as their given.

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Community of knowers
This artifact reflects the communal belief of birthdays. We believe that we should celebrate peoples birthdays because thats what we were brought up to think. I think that this is how most beliefs are brought about. They slowly gain popularity and then are passed down through generations just like the belief/tradition of celebrating birthdays.

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The phrase that brought my trumpet to mind was "personally believe". The reason I started playing an instrument was because my mom personally believed that playing and being able to read music would boost my mental capacity and just overall make me a better student. At the time and even sometimes currently I question whether or not I agree with that belief but I respect it nonetheless.

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This picture helps me understand and come to know what I believe. It helps me believe love, as my artifact is my family, and I love them much.

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My artifact is my middle school band award because the work and leadership I had to commit to have shaped me as a person. This is also important to me because music is a large part of my life (especially band) and the belief system I have had to learn is now sacred to who I am as a leader in the performing arts program.

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This is a history book. This is because this history book represents knowledge to me, and I think that we decide what we personally believe based off of our past knowledge and experiences, not by shaping our belief system based off of that of a community of knowers. This independence in crucial because what's important is what YOU believe, not what a knowledgeable person believes. However, I think that a community of knowers' belief system indirectly affects what we personally believe, based on the fact that all of the things we consider knowledge today are here as a result of the pursuit of knowledge of a community of knowers. What we learn in school was found by knowers. This means that even if we don't determine what we personally believe based off of the belief system of knowers, they indirectly affect our knowledge, therefore they affect our belief.

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This is a history book. I chose this as my artifact because I think that we decide what we personally believe, at least we should, based off our own previous knowledge, not by studying the belief system of a community of knowers. This independence is crucial because what's important is what YOU believe, not what you think someone else believes and is right. However, when you decide what you believe based off of past knowledge, this is indirectly affected by a community of knowers. This is because all of the information that we consider knowledge was found or developed by knowers. This means that their pursuit of knowledge affected our belief system, but their belief system did not directly affect ours. 

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Community of Knowers

Does being part of a community of knowers require knowing all the same things? Can a community of knowers think differently and believe different things about the things they know?

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"community of knowers"
I thought about wrestling and how people are knowledgeable about the sport and game. People who are knowledgeable form a community of wrestlers and coaches. We see this through them giving back through teaching and giving.

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My lacrosse stick is currently being shipped to Cleveland.

"Community" was the word that made me think of Lacrosse. As first, I just pulled this idea out of my butt. But when I thought about it, I identify mostly as a St. Ed's lacrosse player. It is one of the most important communities to me.

"System" also made me think about my sport because the whole team works as one. Each team is a system.

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When I was thinking about the question I thought about what communities I am a "Knower" in. I know how to play Trumpet and French Horn and I would be a "knower" in that respect, and this book shows how one could join the community of knowers who know how to play French Horn.

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"Personal belief"- My personal belief has been influenced my family since I was born. I was raised as a Christian so when I enter a new situation this influences my views on the situation. This model airplane is a reminder of my family, since it was a gift they gave to me before they moved to North Carolina, and the influence they have on my personal belief .

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My artifact that I chose was my Bible that my grandfather gave me when I was younger. I chose this because when I saw "belief system" I thought about what I believe in. The first thing that I thought of was my belief in God. I then asked myself if I had my belief due to my own thoughts or if I was just doing what I was raised to do since my grandfather is a pastor. I decided that while my family did have influence on my belief in God, I developed my own relationship in my belief.

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I chose my awards from Science Olympiad to answer the question. I chose these because I realized that the community around Science Olympiad is a community of knowers, a group of people who share similar beliefs and thought differences. I specifically chose my awards because they are the best representative of personal experiences and accomplishments, and I believe that the best way to decide what we personally believe is based on that.

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The first thing I thought when I heard "community of knowers" was Saint Edward High School. This is why I chose the Saint Edward emblem as my artifact.

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The Saint Edward emblem reminds me of a community of knowers. The first thing I thought when I saw "community of knowers", was high school. 

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The reason that this artifact came to mind when trying to answer the question was because it reminds me of experiences as a way of knowing that I went through. This was a way of entering the SEHS community of knowers that we always. We always hear about the brotherhood and relationships at St. Edward but that can contain bias and the intent may be to persuade someone to come here or to make us love the school. When I actually experienced this for myself it helped me to really come to a better way of knowing through my experiences with my teammates and friends.

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Personal Artifact - Mini OSU Helmet
The reason I chose this helmet as my artifact ties into the phrase "personally believe." This is because I have observed the Buckeyes playing for years and it has become a part of my athletic culture. Although I am a runner, I follow the Buckeyes because their football team has a history of performing well and Ohio State represents Ohio, which is the state I live in. But, I personally chose to believe that they are a good team based on their past performances against other teams.

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My artifact is the bible I received at my baptism in 2004. This artifact shows one of the systems of beliefs that I have grown up in. When I think about my education in the Catholic church, I realize that not everything I have been taught is something that I fully acknowledge or agree in. This being the case, the presence of God throughout our universe is something that I believe the bible has taught me to understand and adapt to.

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This is a prize I got in 2016 for successfully completing a haunted corn maze. The maze was subpar, but that night was one of the best of my life. It was the first time I had got together with friends outside of school. I felt very independent in that moment and felt like I was in control of my thoughts. I can relate this to our knowledge question by saying that moments like this are moments in which I can feel confident in knowing what I personally believe.

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This is a prize I got in 2016 for successfully completing a haunted corn maze. The maze was subpar, but that night was one of the best of my life. It was the first time I had got together with friends outside of school. I felt very independent in that moment and felt like I was in control of my thoughts. I can relate this to our knowledge question by saying that moments like this are moments in which I can feel confident in knowing what I personally believe.

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This is a prize I got in 2016 for successfully completing a haunted corn maze. The maze was subpar, but that night was one of the best of my life. It was the first time I had got together with friends outside of school. I felt very independent in that moment and felt like I was in control of my thoughts. I can relate this to our knowledge question by saying that moments like this are moments in which I can feel confident in knowing what I personally believe.

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"Belief System"

In the format of the question it seems as though we are being presented with something concrete and decided upon. However, just how fluid is a belief system of varying groups? How may different beliefs are within a single belief system not to mention numerous amount at once? And how many times do idea within the same belief system contradict themselves? How do we decide where we fall within a chosen system? Do we have to choose a system of beliefs? Does every individual person really have their own belief system?

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"how can we decide"

What goes into forming our beliefs?

What aspects of our lives shift our perspective?

One thing I believe can shift how we form our own beliefs is music. "How can we decide" makes me think, "what things contribute to forming a belief" and for me I feel that music and lyrics is a contributor.

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I thought of my phone when i was thinking about this question because of the being presented with a system of beliefs. This came to mind because there are so many systems of beliefs being presented through social media as well as news and conventional media all of which can be found in your phones.

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"Community of knowers": Does the term community of knowers apply to only a very small amount of people, or is it a more broad, relative term? I think that communites of knowers are the people who determine and find the things factual enough to be taught in schools or be considered knowledge, so even if we aren't influenced by their belief system, the knowledge they shared with us may indirectly affect what we choose to believe.

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"Belief system"
Does a belief system have to be a organized institution for knowledge?

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"Presented"- My item is my chain with an eagle medal. At a young age, I was presented with St. Ed's and it's belief and it became my dream to attend this school. My parents also believed in a strong Catholic education and this also drew me in to St. Ed's. I was presented with the St. Ed's beliefs and the representation of the school and jumped in head first.

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"personally beleive"
What affects my perosnal beliefs? How have my personal beliefs been affected over time as I became older? Does my personal belief tie in with my morals, goals,  and stadards?

Everyone believes in something even if that something is nothing.
My personal belief has to do with things that I am involved in whether it is religion, sports, and school community. These things affect how I think and act and I act off of my beliefs. These have ked me to believe certain things in life due to my involvement alone.

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"how can we decide"
The "How" especially tells that we not only have to decide what we believe, but we must also decide the way in which we get there.
My artifact is the cross I wear around my neck. Although I don't know how the world works and I admittedly don't know 100% what I personally believe or should believe; I do know that I have a set of morals that guide me through my current life. The "How do we decide" part of the question made me immediately think of my morals, which are dictated by my faith.

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"Community of knowers"
I think that a community of knowers is a group of commonly educated people.
A community of knows reminds me of a sports team. Everyone on the team is on the same page with the same knowledge about the strategy.

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"Presented with a belief system" - My father and his father before him have had a mindset of hard work. They believe that no matter the strengths or weaknesses a person has, hard work trumps all that success is ensured by it.

"Community of knowers" - My father and his father have both experienced raising and supporting and family, as well as providing for them. They have used their mindset of hard work in order to give their family the tools they need to succeed. They have raised successful children by this concept of hard work and shows they truly are a "community of knowers" because they have done it before.

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"how can we decide"
makes this question very open ended.
it suggests that there is no answer.
can an answer be made with this question?
will it be able to take on a right way or is anything said to it right?

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"community of knowers"
Everyone is in a community of knowers. There are different sub communities, but everyone on earth is a part of one.

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Belief system:
How does this belief system align with mine?
Why is this system being presented to me?

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"belief system of a community"
What does it mean to be presented with a belief system? How can a belief system of a community influence what people believe? is there mob mentality in which everyone shares a similar belief? How many communities are there? Should a person in 2020 believe in the community and their ideals?

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"Belief system"
What is a belief system? How do they come to be accepted by society?

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"how can we decide..."
By what means do we figure out things? To what extent must we go in order to figure something out? For my artifact, I used the book "trout magic" in order to symbolize means of finding your opinion. In order for us to formulate our own opinions, we must take a broader perspective of the world around us. If the so-called "community of knowers" is a group of trout fishermen, and they only believe fly fishing works for trout, it is up to us to determine whether or not their system of belief is correct. One must first read into objective material about fishing, such as how the natural world works and what triggers a fish's response. Once one has completed this task, they should go on a subjective experiment in order to decide what is the most efficient way of catching said trout. Therefore, one now has three sources of knowledge to pick and choose from, as opposed to just one. However, regardless of the fishing aspect, I think that this applies in many walks of life, and I thoroughly believe reading + experimenting have proven to be effective when deciding what I personally believe.

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"decide what we personally believe"
Do I always make my own decisions and my own choices that develop into my personal beliefs? How are we influenced by the beliefs of others sch as or friends and parents? How can we avoid or reliance on these influences and think for ourselves. Do I believe what I believe today because of my own knowledge or because of what other people think?

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"personally believe": What role does religion play in helping us decide what to believe? Do we consider what religion says as final and concrete, and undoubtedly take that as our own belief?

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belief system
Extremely common
I think that everyone holds a certain belief or many beliefs. I think that a belief system is based around ones culture, faith, etc... An interesting aspect to belief systems is that they can be interpreted in different ways. EX; Christianity---> Christians hold the same belief that there is a christ but we have different interpretations of how he lived and the message that he spread.

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"Presented with" - Shown or given information. How do we get our own beliefs without being presented by others first?

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Personally: Personally implies that we view this information to be correct so how does someone else with a completely different view and different life experiences see the information in the same likeness to be called a "community of knower"

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"the belief system"
How many different belief systems are there?
Is there only 1 right system of beliefs?
Is it faith? Science? Different professions?
Is each culture's belief system the same or inherently different?
Our parents bestow upon us a system of beliefs.
Our belief system progressively becomes more original once we start growing up and outgrowing our parents' beliefs.

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Communiy of knowers:
Does this community completely agree?
What makes someone a part of this community?

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"Presented with"

Who decides what gets presented to us? Our teacher? Our family? Our friends? Our government? Our faith or religion? More importantly, is it ever ourselves?

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"how do we decide..."?
When my beliefs diverge from the systems and communities I belong to how do I decide to take that road?  Emotion? Memory? Intuition?

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Personally believe - Personal opinion on a matter. There's a filter that information flows through in my head and I dictate what I choose to form & influence my beliefs. (Believe - choose to deem true or false). If true, how will this information impact my opinion? Will it form an entirely new opinion of mine? Does it change my opinion? (Change - to alter my personal belief on the matter).

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"How can we decide"
How can we decide what information we take in is credible or of higher value than others? Is it purely objective? Are we more inclined to accept or form our opinion around thoughts already similar to our own or do we challenge our thoughts to find the best? Is it acceptable to acknowledge or believe something that isnt right but benefits you.
I believe that we take information that is given to us and form it mmost to our own advantage and what either works best for us or is most like what we previously thought and is convenient to our argument.

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Community of knowers- Any baseball team is a very close knit community that must rely on and trust each other in order to win a game and be a successful team. Trust within a baseball game expands out to trust in all sorts of topics and certain discussions of topics can lead to people you know and trust shaping and forming your opinion.

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How can we: what gives us the right/ability to decide which information is more right or better than an infinite amount of other information.

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"What we personally believe"
- The personal beliefs that humans possess is determined by how the human brain interprets what is observed on a day to day basis. When humans observe aspects of day to day life, the brain interprets what is seen and

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"Community of Knowers" - What constitutes what a "knower" is? Do they have to have a background in said belief system? Is it exclusive to a higher-education? We use floss because dentists (i.e the highest level of knowers in that field) recommend to us that we use them. Since we trust their expertise, we buy into the belief that floss will help our dental health. Additionally, the word "decide" indicated some sort of personal bias in choosing what you believe. Some of us may have prior experiences with flossing (i.e doing it more, then getting no cavities) that allows us to trust and buy-in to the belief system that flossing is beneficial. It seems logical to us.

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"Presented with a belief system"
Here it is not talking about being presented with a specific belief or opinion of a community of knowers but a system or method of beliefs or opinions which can display the thought processes of single beliefs or opinions of the community.

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"Personally believe"-What do we consider to be a personal belief and how is it influenced? Are personal beliefs something only we find to be true or are they influenced by how and where we grew up? How do we determine what is a personal belief and can this belief be something you were indoctrinated into such as religion?

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Knowers
What classifies someone as a knower?

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"belief system of a community of knowers"
Everyone should think about what you want to believe, and use your background and everything you know about what you believe. A bunch of people make up a community, so think logically and if you believe what you are saying, that could be the start of a new community. Catholicism is a great example of this.

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"Presented"
How is this information given to us? How does our opinion of the people presenting the knowledge change our perception of the knowledge.

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"belief systems"
usually a system does something new so what is so special about this one?
did this just appear or was it man made?
can this be altered or changed in any way?

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belief system - the standards for attending St. Eds are a system of belief, embodying Catholic ideals with a focus on learning an understanding.
community of Knowers - we are a vast community of intense knowers.
decide - attending St. Eds and being a Catholic has taught me to think, analyze, and choose in a way I never would have thought was possible 3 years ago.

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"Decide", in order to decide we must weigh the pros and cons, the truth value, the facts, and the changes that this will cause as a result of accepting or not accepting the belief system presented. So, the picture was meant to show that we must look at things unbiasedly and truthfully weigh the two options in order to truly "Decide".

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"Belief System"- What is a belief system? Is a belief system created by a community of knowers? Is it just a bunch of people who belief in a common thing?

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"personally believe"
don't just believe something because your mom or dad believe something. Come to believe it for yourself.

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"Community of knowers"
What makes someone credible or an "expert" more so than others in a community of knowers? Are some ways of knowing better or more tangible than others? What communities of knowers exist and what defines each of these communities individually?

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"What we personally believe"
- Knowledge that humans possess is established from what humans observe on a day to day basis. This information is stored and interpreted by the brain and the brain distinguishes the facts that are truthful and what is not. However, the brain often utilizes interpreted facts, and interprets new facts based off of previously interpreted facts. Our interpretation of facts is what determines what we believe and how we believe new information.

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"Presented with"

Is information better presented to us in a confronting (-) manner or in an approaching (+) manner?

Does the way with which we are "presented" a belief matter when it comes to forming our own belief?

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Presented with the belief system of a community of knowers, how can we decide what to personally believe?

DECIDE - How can you decide anything? How can you decide what to personally believe when you in yourself is influenced by everything you have ever experienced? Do your experiences make you you? Is that what allows for the ability to personally believe? If not, how can you have the ability of self thought? You can be creative or come up with unique thoughts, but the factors that play into that thought are from experiences with other things or people.

KNOWERS - As we were saying yesterday, community of knowers include everyone ever. So how is it that everyone thinks that their religion is true? Does this mean every religion is correct? Or none? This is why I think that knowing has to be differentiated from perspective. Almost everything that we came up with yesterday was perspective. Is the earth a globe? You would say yes but there are people who would say no. Everyone thinks they know. But that is perspective.

My Item focuses on the deciding portion. I chose a picture of me as a baby to signify my lack of an ability to decide for myself. The most important factor of my life is my parents, especially when I was a baby. Because of this, I lose the sense of ability to self think because from birth I am indoctrinated into what I am supposed to think. Even this response is built my by experiences.

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"personally believe"
need to see it to believe it we can't rely on other people to tell the whole truth/story. sight, for me, is the most reliable of my senses.
Personally believe is what made me think of my ticket to the 2017 big ten championship. It made me think of this because like I said, I don't know what I personally believe until I see it with my own eyes, so this ticket is to a football game that I saw with my own eyes, so maybe I personally believe that a certain penalty was a bad penalty or I think a certain player is a really good player because I see with my eyes the things he does.

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"We decide", "We personally believe"
In this part it uses the word we instead of I. If it is talking about ourselves why didn't it use I and the "we" is a community of knowers.

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"Belief system"
What qualifies as a specific belief system?
Does the question change if just one belief is changed?
Is this belief system fully contained, or does it conflict with what can be observed?

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"how we can decide"

Is there any way to decide what we believe without outside influences? What is absolutely necessary to be able to decide anything? As humans, are we able to truly decide anything with solely our own thoughts/instincts?

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My artifact is a pin from Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. I chose this item because it represents a change in my political beliefs since the 2016 election. In 2016, I was an enthusiastic supporter of Hillary Clinton, but now, I am vehemently against the policies of moderate democrats. To me, the community of knowers are/were Hillary Clinton supporters. She won the popular vote in the 2016 election, and my entire family supported her campaign. The belief system held by that community of knowers is/was the belief that a president like Hillary Clinton and her policies (or moderate democratic policies) would fix most or all of the problems faced by the United States, which is a belief I do not hold anymore. The information I was presented with that helped me change (or decide) my beliefs is the experience of living through the catastrophic failure of Trump's presidency, and the following realization that Hillary Clinton would not have been able to prevent or solve the problems faced by America today. In addition to that realization, I have began to educate myself by reading political theory, and exposing myself to new ideas. To me, the "decision" to change my beliefs was not a singular event, but a more gradual process. The image of the pin represents my rejection of the beliefs held by the community of knowers, and how much my own beliefs have changed.

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"Presented with"
What are the ways that things are presented to us? How do we accept the things that are presented to us? Does presented mean taught? Do I always listen to the things that people present to me?

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"community of Knowers"
Is there a specific criteria of knowledge that is needed to qualify as a "knower"? What is "community" referring too; is it one massive global community or a symbol for every sub community of knowledge? If phrase is referring to the global pool of all knowledge, then the community (or implied sub-communities) must actively fluctuate based on the infinite amount of paramount or trivial knowledge obtained.

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Community of knowers
A community of knowers has bias and always will have bias. I think that a belief comes out of a general bias for something. A community of knowers is any group of people that holds a belief or a set of them. I think for the community to be credible, they must have justification and validity

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Belief system: The belief system I chose was my faith. The specific things with within my religion, like sacraments and prayer are things I am presented with that are a part of that system.
Personally believe: I think that being exposed to faith from a young age gave me a good base for forming my general thoughts about religion, but now that I am older I have started to form my own beliefs.
How: While there is no quantitative way to assess what it means to think about HOW I chose what I believe, a lot of it has to do with reflecting on experiences of faith within my own life and using those to guide my decisions.

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What is a belief System?
Belief System = Faith System?
Is this a a community of people who believe the same thing. Or do they all have similar beliefs. How large can the spectrum of belief be in a belief system?

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Presented:
How is this being presented to me?
Who or what presents us with this?

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"How can we decide"
My artifact is a TV remote. Every night my parents watch the news and control the TV with this remote. Growing up I would hear parts of the news or watch with my parents and this is still true. When I watch the news I feel like I am being presented on situations where I have to make decisions on whether or not I agree with certain things that are talked about or decide how I feel about a news story. This has helped me make decisions in life because I learned how to sort through information given to me and then make a decision based off of that information.

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"Belief System": By what means would the belief system of knowers be presented to us? When presented with this community's belief system, how can we determine whether this community and it's ideas are valid/concrete to the point that they may affect our personal beliefs?

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"How can we decide..."
In the end, it's always our choice. The problem is, the ability to choose this can often be be clouded by external sources.

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Community of knowers - (Relative) A group of people that know a lot about something OR a group of people that know more about something than I do. (Community - a group/assembly of people) (Knowers - Someone that researches a certain topic and has knowledge about it. Does the community agree? What makes one a part of the community? Are there sub-communities within a community?

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Decide: What information is chosen to be apart of the community of knowers and was is set apart from it.

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"community of knowers"
What is a knower? How do I become a knower? How would one join this community of knowers? Who in 2020 is a knower?
Is everyone a knower? What are the qualifications to become a knower?
How does a community influence a preexisting knower?

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"Belief System" - The word system implies that this is organized. How is a system organized, what criteria must be set in place . Beliefs have to come from somewhere and have an origin.

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"Presented"- In what context is this information presented to us? Is it done in a classroom studying a group or are we physically there with this group? Does how this information is presented to us influence our views on it and its validity?

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"Community of Knowers"
What communities of knowers matter? How do differences between communities validate the beliefs of one community over another? How can these communities of knowers change? How do these changes change what communities we gain our beliefs from?

My personal artifact is a screwdriver. While not of significant importance to me personally, it relates to how I think about the question. Just like a screwdriver can be used to take physical objects apart to discover how they work or what they do, we need to take apart our questions in order to figure out what the answer is.

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"community of knowers"
School?
What makes someone apart of the community of knowers?
Is this everyone in the World?
What makes a community of knowers?
A community of knowers is not necessarily a community of thinkers.

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Belief System
I feel as if the phrase belief system implies uniformity of thought among a community. A singular belief system, to me, has a lack of diversity within. Combined with the community of knowers, this  belief system, to me, is a singular perspective and mindset towards a specific topic. In addition, the word system has an automated connotation for me. A system constantly repeats the same set of values, with no variation within, like a system in math or in an assembly line. To me, this connotation comes from both studying history and math. In history, a belief system is often semi-uniform throughout a nation, and oftentimes this system stays consistent throughout the system of governance, like the flawed belief in capitalism often stays consistent throughout the United States government. Mathematically, a system of functions deals with the same type of function, adding to the uniformity of the word system in my life. Ideally, a community of knowers would not have the same belief system, but would instead use their personal values and knowledge to create educated ideas about the problems at hand. This would create fruitful debate within the community, and rather than implied uniformity, there would be disagreement, thought, and growth. I chose MLB The Show 20 as my artifact because it is a community of knowers I am apart of. I often participate in the r/MLBTHESHOW subreddit, and through this I participate and contribute to the belief system of a specific community of knowers. Note, I have my own picture from school, but I didn't like the quality.

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Does thinking about any of the following words have an impact on how you think about the question? 

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Does thinking about any of the following words have an impact on how you think about the question? 

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Expert. Belief. Certainty. Justification. Concept. Culture. Faith. Generalization. Authority. Bias. Theory. Evidence. Truth. Experience. Explanation. interpretation. Intuition. Values. Validity. Reliability. Subjectivity

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Presented with the belief system of a community of knowers, how can we decide what we personally believe? 