Essays on Knowledge

Many contemporary foraging groups, including the !Kung and other Bushman tribes, are often seen as “primitive” and considered the last representatives of the Stone Age. However, while they do possess a culture similar to what we perceive as primitive, comparing them to people from the past is inaccurate due to various factors such as the…

Knowledge is like a drug, the more you gains, the more one craves. It’s widely acknowledged that the knowledge is a powerful force, which exerted in everyone’s body. Retrospectively, from the history and my own experiences, knowledge can either enhance life or became destructive. If human beings do not use it properly, knowledge may produce…

Certificate in counselling skills Weekly learning review Today’s first part of the lesson was based on Advanced Empathy, we got into pairs then we each briefly described an issue and discuss the action implication of these insights, it was a very interesting thing to discuss. Again I worked with someone that I’ve never worked with…

The Synonymy of Truths and Ideas Allyson Hansen Introduction to Philosophy Mark Eleveld 13 March, 2013 A modern philosopher studies “the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence” according to the Free Online Dictionary and many Americans. However, if you asked a philosopher to define the word ‘philosopher,’ he or she might say that a…

‘The vocabulary we have does more than communicate our knowledge; it shapes what we can know’. Evaluate this claim with reference to different areas of knowledge. ‘ Does our vocabulary truly affect or shape the way we think or know? We could interchange the use of the word vocabulary and language seeing as vocabulary is…

Today, more than ever, engineering applications are often interdisciplinary; involving the interrelationship of several of the basic engineering science like mechanical, electrical, chemical, etc. therefore the modern engineer must have a fundamental knowledge in each of these areas. An understanding of how bodies respond to applied loads, the main emphasis in Strength of Materials, is…

That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow. Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge. To What Extent is new knowledge better than old knowledge and therefore can knowledge be permanent? To answer this question, one first has to consider that knowledge as such varies from the…

The knowledge argument, first put forward by Frank Jackson in 1982, is a powerful criticism of physicalism. Despite Jackson’s withdrawal of support for this argument, it remains highly significant in the philosophy of mind. Physicalism, a metaphysical belief, claims that everything in our world – cars, humans, animals, research papers, and even our sensations –…

Though knowledge and wisdom may seem alike, they are actually very different. They share two commonalities – they involve the mind and are difficult to acquire. Those with knowledge understand that tomatoes are fruits, while those with wisdom know not to include them in fruit salads. While anyone can gain knowledge on any subject, only…

Why have I chosen this subject?  Since this is a class about public speaking, it is but a natural choice for me to choose a subject that dwells on that subject’s area. What is my purpose for this talk? Aside from building my public-speaking skills, the purpose of this talk is to use my knowledge…