Write an Argumentative Essay Answering the Question: What Is Knowledge

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Essay

Write an argumentative essay answering the question: What is knowledge?
Your argument should have a clearly stated conclusion ("Knowledge is ..."),and develop an argument with separate premises/reasons that support the conclusion.
It should raise and answer one objection or counterargument.
Your argument should address the following issues:
What is knowledge,and how do you know when you have it?
How is knowledge linked to truth?
How is knowledge linked to rationality?
Why is knowledge worth having?
Feel free to draw on any of the philosophers and ideas explored in chapter five,although you are not limited to these resources.

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