of pursuing knowledge. By interacting with various people, Socrates treats various people different but appropriately based on his observation and thoughts on their personalities. In this way, Socrates’ “examined life” is worth living, even though he is accused by the authorities in Athens and commit suicide at last. Similarly, the life of Oedipus confirms Socrates’ claim of “the unexamined life is not worth living”. From seeking…
A person that appears to be smart or intelligent is said to possess knowledge. But what exactly is knowledge? Epistemology, also known as the theory of knowledge is by definition the science of cognition. The definition of cognition is the act or process of knowing; perception. The author Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, dissects cognition into two parts being cognitive acts and cognitive results. The author then goes further in depth and defines cognitive acts as certain mental activities such as…
Knowledge is the accumulation of facts and data that you have learned about or experienced. It’s being aware of something, and having information. Knowledge is really about facts and ideas that we acquire through study, research, investigation, observation, or experience. Wisdom is the ability to discern and judge which aspects of that knowledge are true, right, lasting, and applicable to your life. It’s the ability to apply that knowledge to the greater scheme of life. It’s also deeper; knowing…
Knowledge cannot be illustrated with one straightforward definition and in consequence, there are innumerable ways of receiving it. From day one of our lives, we are obtaining knowledge from our own experiences and the experiences of those close to us. Knowledge is obtained not only from the facts in a textbook but from the senses we are born with. It is not simply one or the other but is a jumbled up stew of education and experiences that creates the knowledge one knows today. And when we…
Personal and shared knowledge differ in the quantity of individuals who posses this knowledge, as personal knowledge refers to the interpretation of knowledge by a single individual, whereas shared knowledge denotes the ownership of knowledge by a group of individuals. Shared knowledge can also be considered timeless as each generation may use the same shared knowledge, where as personal knowledge can only be used by an individual at a certain point in time. Because these two concepts share a…
Knowledge is a very powerful resource in our society. Knowledge can change our lives, for better and for worse. Books have always been our main source of knowledge aside from first person accounts. But in Montag 's society, books are a bad source of knowledge. If you know too much, your offend the minorities. If you don 't know enough, you 're offended by the people who know more than you. But if you 're in the sweet spot, in the middle where you don 't know too much or too little, everyone will…
true knowledge is apparent when a person has the ability to widen their educational experience by applying what he or she has learned. This idea parallels with William Perry’s theory which mentions that a knowledgeable man needs to be able “to understand ‘how other fellow orders knowledge’” since “’facts,’… without a frame of reference, are not even ‘true’ at all” (Perry 549). Woven in Diamond’s This-Fellow Frog Name Belong-Him Dawko, he learns lessons that support the ideology that knowledge is…
Knowledge management (KM) is now considered as one of the most important parts of any organization and a complement to the hospitality activities. With new economy increasingly becoming a more knowledge-based economy, knowledge is becoming the most important asset for organizational success among other assets such as capital, materials, machineries, and properties as stated by Wong (2005). KM is the practice of selectively applying knowledge from previous experiences of decision-making to…
Knowledge are the “Facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.” Knowledge can be divided into two parts, which are personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Shared knowledge is acquired through media such as the internet, books or television or through another person such as a teacher or professor, hence shared knowledge is the knowledge a group of people share. Whereas personal knowledge is obtained through…
Appropriately specific brief summary of MCK Test results. It was during week three that I completed the Mathematical Content Knowledge (MCK) test for the purposes of determining my level of understanding relating to certain mathematical concepts, such as multiplication, division, addition, and place value (Curtin, 2014). Before starting, I felt overly confident in my ability to successfully answer all the questions within the quiz, however, it was not until I skimmed through the questions that…