Thinkers strive to understand the natural world through the use of networks — systems in which all of the components are interconnected. These components work together to efficiently create new knowledge. In each area of knowledge, experts use these components, or ways of knowing, in ways so that each way of knowing enhances the others. However, in some areas of knowledge, a knower’s background and perspective can influence our methodology and the ways of knowing we use, thereby limiting or enhancing what we know. In addition, this network is more obvious in certain areas of knowledge than others depending on the knower’s background. While it is evident that some areas of knowledge require a greater variety of ways of knowing than other
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A knower can use a different network of ways of knowing than what is generally used. In other words, there can be a variety of networks that exist in each area of knowledge, and it is up to the knower to choose the network that best suits their intention. For example, I understand that there are at least two different methods of studying the arts, or more specifically, music. As a musician, I use emotion, memory, and language to achieve my intention of evoking an emotion in my audience. I use an emotional memory and my emotions to create an idea that I decide to share with the audience, and I use language as a way of conveying this message to them. On the other hand, as an audience member that studies music, my perception, emotion, and imagination work together to produce an emotion I believed the artist intended for me to feel. By understanding these two different networks, I can better understand music. Since I know how a listener feels emotions when they hear a certain musical characteristic, I can, as a musician, use this knowledge to my advantage and produce music that uses these characteristics to stimulate my audience’s …show more content…
Usually, there is a shared consensus on the methodology that works best. For example, in science, scientists around the world, regardless of culture, background, and other personal experiences, agree on the use of the scientific method. The scientific method requires the use of imagination, reason, memory, perception, and language. A scientist would observe a phenomenon and recall previously gained knowledge to form a hypothesis, and observe the results of an experiment in order to gain new knowledge. This would then be shared with other scientists through the use of language in an attempt to reach a consensus. Despite the fact that this method is universal, individuals may use different networks of ways of knowing based on their preferences. For example, a scientist studying something relatively new and unknown may use a method that does not require memory or perception, but is heavily reliant on imagination and reason. There is no set methodology for any area of knowledge; however, there is often shared knowledge on the ways of knowing that are generally associated with the study. The way a knower chooses to study an area of knowledge can result in different perspectives on certain issues, and this allows each area of study to have a wide range of views and theories, which stresses the importance of consensus. In subjective areas
A knower can use a different network of ways of knowing than what is generally used. In other words, there can be a variety of networks that exist in each area of knowledge, and it is up to the knower to choose the network that best suits their intention. For example, I understand that there are at least two different methods of studying the arts, or more specifically, music. As a musician, I use emotion, memory, and language to achieve my intention of evoking an emotion in my audience. I use an emotional memory and my emotions to create an idea that I decide to share with the audience, and I use language as a way of conveying this message to them. On the other hand, as an audience member that studies music, my perception, emotion, and imagination work together to produce an emotion I believed the artist intended for me to feel. By understanding these two different networks, I can better understand music. Since I know how a listener feels emotions when they hear a certain musical characteristic, I can, as a musician, use this knowledge to my advantage and produce music that uses these characteristics to stimulate my audience’s …show more content…
Usually, there is a shared consensus on the methodology that works best. For example, in science, scientists around the world, regardless of culture, background, and other personal experiences, agree on the use of the scientific method. The scientific method requires the use of imagination, reason, memory, perception, and language. A scientist would observe a phenomenon and recall previously gained knowledge to form a hypothesis, and observe the results of an experiment in order to gain new knowledge. This would then be shared with other scientists through the use of language in an attempt to reach a consensus. Despite the fact that this method is universal, individuals may use different networks of ways of knowing based on their preferences. For example, a scientist studying something relatively new and unknown may use a method that does not require memory or perception, but is heavily reliant on imagination and reason. There is no set methodology for any area of knowledge; however, there is often shared knowledge on the ways of knowing that are generally associated with the study. The way a knower chooses to study an area of knowledge can result in different perspectives on certain issues, and this allows each area of study to have a wide range of views and theories, which stresses the importance of consensus. In subjective areas