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What is knowledge? Knowledge is defined in different ways, it is defined as “the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning” by Princeton or “expertise, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education” by the Oxford English Dictionary. Either way, there are two sectors of philosophy that attempt to undermine knowledge by…

Through language we can acquire knowledge, and to each person words mean different things. If words don’t have a meaning, it will be difficult for us to communicate information between each other. So what distinguishes meaningful words from meaningless ones? To some meanings are to be found in dictionaries, while others believe they are to…

  For example during a test it is unacceptable to aide a fellow classmate because that is categorized as cheating and this does no good to the person who is being helped as is it is only giving them momentary aide to a problem they are having on a test rather than helping him learn…

    The activity consists of the pupils watching the report and then producing a written account, using their imagination to devise their own interpretation. One of the reasons behind the use of the French report is to include the EAL pupil in a positive way. To achieve this I will ask her to give…

In the poem “Ispahan Carpet” written by Elizabeth Burge, readers are exposed to the unending poverty cycle a family of Persian carpet factory workers experience. With each knot the workers tie, their physical health deteriorates, as they lose their identities and innocence, along with any hope whatsoever of escaping their monotonous and painful line of…

  There is a physical sound present, but there is no sound experience. It is logical to think that things occur even if there is nobody to see/hear/taste them since changes can be observed (If you leave a burning paper and come later, it will be burnt) The tables in the classroom – Do tables…

In what ways could it be said that interpretations in History are more effected by the different Ways of Knowing (language, reason, emotion, perception) than knowledge in Mathematics is? History is the study of the past. Mathematics is the study of concepts such as quantity, structure, space and change. Therefore, since the two areas of…

  On the other hand, young children from the point of view supporting the ban, might start to discriminate against these protestors, as it can be seen as disturbers of peace. REASON: Moving onto reason. Reason is based on a premise from which it is followed up by a conclusion. A premise, in logic, is…

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave may have been written to express ancient Greek culture, but for the most part it still holds true today. Granted, we possess a greater understanding of science and technology; in Plato’s era they would have been unable to understand quantum mechanics or the inner workings of a computer. However, when…

  This point leads on to another knowledge claim, but which supports Bennett’s statement: Before discoveries are made, emotions are needed to drive scientists to knowledge. Just last year, NASA found ice in the soil of Mars, suggesting how there could be water on the planet, possibly even extraterrestrial life. If scientists were not driven…