Ways+of+Knowing


 * Examples of Ways of knowing**

Awareness and understanding using the 5 senses · Can be instinctual · Results with immediate reaction || · Can be wrong · Different people may have different perceptions · Wouldn’t be reliable if you didn’t have one of the senses || Used after perception; using logic · Uses common sense and logic || · Reason and logic varies in different cultures || [|Feelings] and [|thoughts] that vary from an individual’s personality and/or mood · Can express someone’s feelings · Help us comprehend on a more personal level || · Can interfere with logic · Can overtake reason and confuse conscience · Certain emotions last longer than others ||
 * __ Perception: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Uses the 5 senses
 * __ Reason: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Used after the other ways of knowing and takes them all into context
 * __ Emotion: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · They can help in situations

Way of communication · Simple way of gaining knowledge || · Can be misinterpreted · Different languages creates difficulty in understanding ||
 * __ Language: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Enables you to communicate


 * Personal ways of knowing:**

__ Belief: __ Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something: His explanation of what happened defies belief. Something believed or accepted as true. __ Faith: __ Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, an idea, or a thing. Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. E.g. religion __ Acquaintance: __ Knowledge or information about something or someone: he has a passing acquaintance with Chinese history. __ Practice: __ E.g. when you practice a sport, you get better at it __ Introspection: __  Introspection   is self-observation, self-examination and self-reflection. E.g. When you try to explain why you chose something __ Empathy: __ Once we have figured out how another person feels, we show // empathy // by acknowledging the emotion. E.g. If someone gets hit, I can understand what they’re feeling. __ Instinct: __ E.g. when a child moves away from fire __ Ethics or conscience __ : A doctor who has sworn the Hippocratic oath is bound by [|professional] ethics.

Awareness and understanding using the 5 senses · Can be instinctual · Results with immediate reaction || · Can be wrong · Different people may have different perceptions · Wouldn’t be reliable if you didn’t have one of the senses || Used after perception; using logic · Uses common sense and logic || · Reason and logic varies in different cultures || [|Feelings] and [|thoughts] that vary from an individual’s personality and/or mood · Can express someone’s feelings · Help us comprehend on a more personal level || · Can interfere with logic · Can overtake reason and confuse conscience · Certain emotions last longer than others || Way of communication · Simple way of gaining knowledge || · Can be misinterpreted · Different languages creates difficulty in understanding || [|What Role Does Personal Experience Play In The Formation Of Knowledge Claims.docx]
 * __ Perception: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Uses the 5 senses
 * __ Reason: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Used after the other ways of knowing and takes them all into context
 * __ Emotion: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · They can help in situations
 * __ Language: __**
 * ** Strengths ** || ** Problems ** ||
 * · Enables you to communicate