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    1. How important are emotions to our purposes? Extremely important. If we had no emotion‚ then what is the reason to live‚ or do anything purposeful‚ if no sense of achievement‚ happiness has occurred. 2. Would we seek knowledge‚ or even be capable of knowledge‚ without purposefulness? In media programs‚ it has been hinted at the possibility of aliens who have no feeling‚ but have the purpose to conquer‚ or some other objective. As such‚ 3. How do our feelings affect our perceptions?

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    Emotions as ways of knowing It is the traditional view claims‚ the emotions are more of an obstacle than a source of knowledge‚ we still need to look at them and consider how to guard their disruptive influence. It could‚ however‚ be argued that the emotions ‚play a more positive role in our mental lives and that without them we would be unable to make sense of the world. We also need to take a closer look‚ at the nature of intuition. For some of our most fundamental beliefs seem to be more emotional

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    “There can be no knowledge without emotion…. until we have felt the force of the knowledge‚ it is not ours” (adapted from Arnold Bennett). Discuss this vision of the relationship between knowledge and emotion. In accordance to Bennett’s claim‚ emotions are indispensable as they play an essential role in inspiring thoughts‚ shaping behaviors and more importantly maneuvering the quest for knowledge. Knowing something‚ that is to have knowledge‚ and having emotion towards the knowledge distinguish

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    Emotions in the Acquisition of Knowledge What influence does emotion have in the pursuit of knowledge across the areas of knowledge‚ history‚ ethics and science? Furthermore is it good or bad? Knowledge itself is neither good nor bad; rather how one choice of approach on the intentioned use of that knowledge could be argued otherwise. Opinions on Emotions and Knowledge contradict each other when it comes to the decision whether or not emotions are good or bad depending on intentions under specific

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    that we can from time to time trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge. And generally we presume that it may be possible to know when to trust emotions and that emotions can help us in the acquisition of knowledge. And you may challenge these presumptions. Maybe it is not possible to know when to trust our emotions‚ and maybe our emotions have a limited value in the pursuit of knowledge‚ but to what I aim to analyse is to what extent do our emotions play a role in the pursuit of knowledge. After

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    Can we know when to trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge. When I make a painting‚ I use the knowledge I’ve gained from studying art‚ for example‚ combining colors‚ the uses of different media and different surfaces‚ and how to represent something so that it is recognizable to others. This means I use knowledge to implement the “how” of the painting. But what about the “what” of the painting‚ the content? For example‚ I draw faces

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    Can Knowledge Be Bad?

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    Can knowledge be bad? Yes because knowledge such as can be bad: - atomic weapon - Smoking - Stem cell research - Cloning - Drugs - Sex knowledge - Kill - Lie Knowledge can perceive to be bad when it makes us narrow-minded reject new truths. I feel that it will cause a person to become narrow-minded by their current belief. Our current knowledge/belief can cause us to reject new information/idea and so our education and knowledge that we have learnt might turn out to be

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    friends about dating and she said "the knowledge that he’s going out with her is painful enough." This got me thinking. Is it knowledge itself that is harmful and that we should not seek/know‚ or is knowledge impartial and it is the person that is harmful or construes the knowledge as harmful? In order to answer this question‚ I first asked myself: what is knowledge? While the question is remarkably broad‚ I simply took a simple definition and considered it: knowledge is a body of truths or facts gained

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    is actual definition of emotion? There is no actual definition even though the Oxford Dictionary defines it as: “The part of a person’s character that consists of feeling”. Emotions are one part of the Ways of Knowing. Primary emotions are: * Happiness * Sadness * Fear * Anger * Surprise * Disgust those emotions are not learnt‚ they are inborn‚ because even born blind or deaf people show these emotions. So how did emotions help us in getting knowledge during the history? I think

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    In this essay‚ I will answer five questions. The first question is can bullying be affected by emotions? I would say yes‚ of course‚ because if you know someone who had been bullied then you would know the consequences of being bullied. You would probably have a different opinion than someone who has never seen or been around someone who had been bullied. The second question is does the speaker have something to gain by changing my opinion? The speaker is the person who wrote the PSA about bullying

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