Ways of Knowing

WAYS OF KNOWING

The philosophical perspective submits that we learn or know through experience our cognitive faculty begins by experience , although it lays claim to experience but it is not experience (Guyer Wood 1998 :84

Knowledge could be perceived in an elementary way of analysis as flowing through participation , observation and participation or observation . In the light of this , I would examine three basic events that might be influenced by the ways of knowing

Immigration for instance can be expressed as taking a dual position from the angle of observation and

participation , you can not experience what it takes to be an immigrant by reading the news or following media analysis but mainly by participation and observation , you can learn and have the knowledge which builds into an experience

Awareness or knowledge of foreign locations or geographical location are not innate ideas we inherited from birth but through the process of socialization and education , basic information are disseminated through teaching . It therefore takes observation from what we hear and see through the visual aids or printed documents to come to grasp with the geographic locations in the globe , visitations or travel to places might be in form of participation , but the most crucial point is observation through maps and events

National , local or state politics solely depends on participation and observation , the media plays a big role in creating awareness and mobilizing citizens for participation . Observation

is influenced through media and political party 's campaign . Observation is a step leading to participation or been apolitical depending on the perception of the individual involved

Lastly , the human mind and reasoning is effectively influenced by a transmission of events from observation to participation . Intuition cognition , experience , knowledge are all interlinked in the process of knowledge

REFERENCE

Guyer ,P Wood , A (1998 , Immanuel Kant , critique of pure reason Cambridge University press...