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The English word "conscious" originally derived from the Latin conscius (con- "together" and scio "to know"), but the Latin word did not have the same meaning as our word it meant "knowing with", in other words "having joint or common knowledge with another".
There's little way of knowing with any certainty.
But one potential stumbling block in the talks will be knowing with whom to negotiate.
And I have started to explore these other ways of knowing with Maya.
Relatives of some of the detainees took him up on his offer, apparently not knowing with whom they were dealing.
Meanwhile, we nervously await the next mass shooting, knowing with a painful certainty that it will come.
It wanted Posada to come to spring training knowing with certainty that he would be the catcher.
As I sat in front of the TV, I laughed and cried all at once, knowing with hindsight all that awaited us.
This is in large part because of its willingness to dialogue with, learn from and contribute to western modes of knowing with which it has a natural affinity.
Descartes's chief contribution to modern science and philosophy was his radical focus on epistemology, on defining the boundaries of what we are capable of knowing with certainty.
That's why we continue to drink, smoke, practice privation (overeating), use sunbeds and undergo unnecessary purely cosmetic surgical procedures, despite knowing with absolute certainty that all of these things are detrimental to our health.
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