Intuition And Knowledge

As individuals we produce knowledge differently since we are unique beings and the methods of producing knowledge cannot be limited to “only” two ways. Passive observation is obtaining knowledge by unconsciously watching or hearing situations, similar to a bystander, without taking part in their natural course. This raises questions pertaining to the reliability of passively attaining knowledge without active involvement and if this knowledge produced is a finite entity. On the contrary, active experiment, requires attaining knowledge by intentional effort of manipulating certain factors and analysing the outcome. However, I feel that humans are not limited to these two methods in their pursuit of acquiring knowledge but instincts and authoritative teaching are other methods in Human Sciences and Natural Sciences through intuition and memory.
Human instincts allow individuals to use intuition to produce knowledge in the human sciences. Instincts are your gut feeling that illicit immediate responses to situations. Personally, I tend to blush when I get embarrassed and it is an unconscious action that helps to produce knowledge. Another example are the goose bumps on my arms to express that I am cold or scared. There are paradigms to producing knowledge through instinct. Throughout history, humans use …show more content…
Today, I have the privilege to attend school and get an education from teachers and parents. The infamous, Alexander Graham Bell, developed an interest in the sciences during school. Through memory, he used what he learned in school and was able to investigate the properties of sound and create the very first telephone (Phillipson). Notably, authoritative teaching has impacted him to acquire knowledge and further pursue it to create an invention. This example is linked with my personal example as information is passed down which can be used to acquire new knowledge that is