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"How does it work?" I think this is a great question. throughout history there have been many attempts to understand a kind of unified field of knowledge. personally, I like the way libraries are put together. Library of congress does not reflect a kind epistemology, but it is a good start to keep in mind--especially as a researcher, since academic libraries are set up that way. personally, I like the B's as a start. that get's you into philosophy, logic, ethics, psychology, religion. pretty much in that order. seminary libraries are like one big B.
some suggested philosophy as a start. do they still do philosophy at the university? I thought that ended 100 years ago. lol. I think you'd find a good philosophy map in the back of the Oxford Companion to Philosophy. continental philosophy is a waste of time. anyway from there you could build wings toward other more familiar knowledge. find a university library and explore the reference section. heck, go to all sorts of university catalogs and see what they offer. if you like religion, look at seminary catalogs. maybe you'll love behavioral economics or communication theory of men and women or something.
"What does it mean to be cultured, refined, and enlightened?" I don't know. if you don't like opera, don't torture yourself through La Boheme.
"peer reviewed articles nor memorizing" yeah, I'm not sure why you would be reading articles unless you had a rather broad understanding of the topics it presupposed and you had a specific question you were researching.
"Can anyone tell me?" you want to be a better human being. you want to know what is useful, good, beautiful. you want to understand other people more. what if your exploration turns out to be the map, but not the answer? not the door? what if knowledge does not make one a better human being? what if it tempts you and empowers you to be a far worse one?
some suggested philosophy as a start. do they still do philosophy at the university? I thought that ended 100 years ago. lol. I think you'd find a good philosophy map in the back of the Oxford Companion to Philosophy. continental philosophy is a waste of time. anyway from there you could build wings toward other more familiar knowledge. find a university library and explore the reference section. heck, go to all sorts of university catalogs and see what they offer. if you like religion, look at seminary catalogs. maybe you'll love behavioral economics or communication theory of men and women or something.
"What does it mean to be cultured, refined, and enlightened?" I don't know. if you don't like opera, don't torture yourself through La Boheme.
"peer reviewed articles nor memorizing" yeah, I'm not sure why you would be reading articles unless you had a rather broad understanding of the topics it presupposed and you had a specific question you were researching.
"Can anyone tell me?" you want to be a better human being. you want to know what is useful, good, beautiful. you want to understand other people more. what if your exploration turns out to be the map, but not the answer? not the door? what if knowledge does not make one a better human being? what if it tempts you and empowers you to be a far worse one?
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