The Mouse Who Ate The Cheese

Based on our conversation in class, what is the point of the story: "The Mouse That Ate The Cheese?"

The point of the story is to give examples of the definitions for knowing something. The story shows how you can know something through empirical knowledge, like how Bill knows that the mouse ate the cheese because he saw the mouse eat the cheese. The story also shows how you can know something through rational knowledge, like how Adrian and Virginia know the mouse ate the cheese because they were told by Bill, an authoritative figure, that the mouse ate the cheese. On the other hand the story shows how you cannot know something but assume a logical conclusion about what might be true, like how Alice assumed that the mouse ate the cheese but did not really know for sure because she did not actually see it and no one told her. The story also shows how you cannot know something unless you believe it, like how George did not believe that the mouse ate the cheese even though Bill, an authoritative figure, told him so, there fore he does not know it.