In the late fifth century B.C, the Greek philosopher Plato defined knowledge as “justified, true belief”. This proclamation assumes knowledge must be justified through ways of knowing in order to be classified as knowledge . So if for example a piece of information is perceived through sense perception such as the equation 1+1=2, it must then pass through a process of rational analysis before it can be classified as knowledge ( one may justify this by taking one unit of a facet and adding another unit of the same, thus noticing that the total number of units is now two hence justifying the perceived equation). However, this definition is limited, as it does not take into consideration knowledge that is innate or instinctive, which has no justification
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These include premises which should lead to certain conclusions) through reason, one must have some sort of pre-existing knowledge which gives him or her the ability to derive a conclusion from a set of premises. . The term ‘intuitionis based on a series of instinctive judgements ( judgements made based on instinctive reaction which unconsciously form a large part of our understanding of our surroundings) . Hence, one can understand that intuition as a way of knowing is not dependent on rational justification.This further raises knowledge questions such as, “ How do we know if intuition is valid and/or reliable?” and “ do we need knowledge to form knowledgeHence the statement in the question above is true. In the words of novelist C.S. Lewis, “if nothing is self-evident then nothing can be proved ”. But since intuition itself is based on already known assumptions, it cannot be considered completely reliable or valid due to possible biases in the formation of such …show more content…
Prepositional knowledge (or knowledge that), which refers to factual knowledge, Procedural knowledge (or knowledge how), which refers to practical knowledge of how to carry out tasks and finally and knowledge by acquaintance, which refers to knowledge gained from experience. Russell proposes that acquaintance is the primary source of all knowledge. For example one may learn that a car has rubber tires; however this will not give us any knowledge about the material itself or anything to do with the material. Instead this must be linked to acquaintance or sense perception based on one’s experience. Likewise in areas of knowledge such as the sciences or Math in order to understand a concept one does not require innate knowledge and intuition but instead must be able to draw from his or her experience to understand any knowledge. Hence these empiricists may argue that the ways of knowing are not a check on our instinctive judgment but rather, our knowledge is formed by drawing from past experience and relating it to present information perceived through the senses. Thus intuition itself can be said to be a construct of
These include premises which should lead to certain conclusions) through reason, one must have some sort of pre-existing knowledge which gives him or her the ability to derive a conclusion from a set of premises. . The term ‘intuitionis based on a series of instinctive judgements ( judgements made based on instinctive reaction which unconsciously form a large part of our understanding of our surroundings) . Hence, one can understand that intuition as a way of knowing is not dependent on rational justification.This further raises knowledge questions such as, “ How do we know if intuition is valid and/or reliable?” and “ do we need knowledge to form knowledgeHence the statement in the question above is true. In the words of novelist C.S. Lewis, “if nothing is self-evident then nothing can be proved ”. But since intuition itself is based on already known assumptions, it cannot be considered completely reliable or valid due to possible biases in the formation of such …show more content…
Prepositional knowledge (or knowledge that), which refers to factual knowledge, Procedural knowledge (or knowledge how), which refers to practical knowledge of how to carry out tasks and finally and knowledge by acquaintance, which refers to knowledge gained from experience. Russell proposes that acquaintance is the primary source of all knowledge. For example one may learn that a car has rubber tires; however this will not give us any knowledge about the material itself or anything to do with the material. Instead this must be linked to acquaintance or sense perception based on one’s experience. Likewise in areas of knowledge such as the sciences or Math in order to understand a concept one does not require innate knowledge and intuition but instead must be able to draw from his or her experience to understand any knowledge. Hence these empiricists may argue that the ways of knowing are not a check on our instinctive judgment but rather, our knowledge is formed by drawing from past experience and relating it to present information perceived through the senses. Thus intuition itself can be said to be a construct of