Key Points Brylle’s Notes for Theory of Knowledge The Four Ways Of Knowing Perception‚ Reason‚ Emotion‚ Language The world is a confusing place in which we find a bewildering variety of different opinions. Our common sense picture of reality probably contains inaccuracies and biases that we are not aware of. We acquire knowledge about the world through language‚ perception‚ reason and emotion‚ but none of these ways of knowing can give us certainty. According to relativism‚ truth is relative
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The Use of Ways of Knowing in a Clinical Scenario Fabiola Benoit Saint Joseph’s College Abstract The use of ways of knowing is assumed to be a valid and necessary strategy in providing adequate care in the nursing field. Carper has developed four ways of knowing that has become essential in a nurses every day practice. Carper’s four fundamental patterns of knowing are defined as empirical‚ ethical‚ personal and aesthetic. Empirical knowledge is defined as the science of nursing. Aesthetic knowledge
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that ultimately determines the kind of knowledge the field aims to develop as well as the manner in which that knowledge is to be organized‚ tested and applied” (Carper‚ 1978). It is Barbara Carper who developed the four fundamental patterns of knowing in nursing and they are; empirics‚ esthetics‚ personal knowledge and ethics (Carper‚ 1978). In this paper I will provide clinical interventions that I have used for my patients and explain how they are relevant. Empirics; the science of nursing
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Greek of the term itself. He asserts that the Greek used the same word technē for art and craft with the similarity with techitēs which is used for craftsman and artist in spite of technē as ‘mode of knowing’. For him‚ technē is a way of knowing and not merely a certain kind of practical aptitude or a way of making and he also claim that it must belong within the orbit of alētheia which means truth. Heidegger point out that‚ technē is not only a kind of making because it is actively uncovers something
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Western Ways of knowing is significantly different than the Indigenous ways of knowing for several reasons. One is that Western ways use linear and step-by-step method. Further‚ the organization of knowledge depends on the preexisted laws. For example‚ to distinguish if it is living or nonliving‚ one would start with a hypothesis and go through the scientific methods and categorize it in such manner. This is an example of reductionism where everything is taken apart in small parts to distinguish
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Advanced Roles & Ways of Knowing An Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is described as a registered nurse with a graduate level education in nursing from an accredited college or university. Over the years‚ the APN has become a vital part of the healthcare team providing affordable‚ advanced care both in and out of the hospital setting. An APN has extended his/her nursing skills by not only past and present experiences but also by research. It is crucial for an APN to be grounded in research and
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“Evaluate the ways in which emotion might enhance and/or undermine reason as a Way of Knowing.” Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) once said that "The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing"‚ meaning that emotion is irrational and unreasonable. Emotional expression provides powerful communication between people‚ especially in the early childhood stage of our lives‚ before language even develops. A baby’s glowing smile invites love and care in its surrounding; the pounding cry of an infant can
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The Five Ways of Knowing: Thomas St. Thomas Aquinas listed what he saw as five intellectual proofs of the existence of God—proofs that were dependent on reason and observation‚ yet not the revealed word of God. For centuries‚ the five ways were regarded as the truth and revered by theologians and common folk alike. The five ways deal with reason and observation. The first way‚ Aquinas explained‚ revolves around a first mover. As described by Young‚ W. (2004) this is‚ “the change of something
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The Knower and the Ways of Knowing For thousands of years‚ knowledge‚ and the creation of new knowledge‚ has been essential to the growth and advancement of human society. Whether it was the introduction of democracy or a new‚ more improved version of technology‚ “justified true beliefs‚” are‚ and have been a prominent factor in the development of civilization. But where does new knowledge come from? Historically‚ some of the greatest and most influential discoveries have originated from human
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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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