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Knowledge is built up from observed facts (either first-hand or sometimes second-hand or even "multi-hand") and from beliefs. The word 'fact' has the same root as 'face', so a fact is what happened in front of your face (or somebody else's face). And we all "know" what a belief is. Some are argued hotly, all the way into wars, especially when religion is involved, while others are given nice names like "hypothesis". And I "know" we need FACTS to know what is true or false, preferably facts that can be repeated.

But if we recognize the above definition of knowledge, than there are many fewer reasons to argue because we can figure out where the other party is coming from.

Have fun,
Ahne