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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“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 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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Claim: Can we have knowledge independent of our culture? Counterclaim: All knowledge is based on our culture‚ without culture there is no knowledge. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts. Since we come into the world‚ we become part of a culture. Our parents and guardians slowly push us into it‚ they teach us about values‚ traditions‚ religion and everything else that can be called culture
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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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“Without the assumption of the existence of uniformities there can be no knowledge.” Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. What is a uniformity? According to Your Dictionary‚ uniformity is defined as the state or characteristic of being even‚ normal‚ equal or similar‚ and the uniformity of nature is a doctrine or principle of the invariability or regularity of nature; specifically :one that holds identical antecedent states or causes to be uniformly followed by identical
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Literary Analysis: Knowledge As A Force Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein brings out a very prominent and unavoidable theme: the dangers of knowledge. It is often said that there is nothing wrong with learning new things‚ but Shelley makes it a point to prove that wrong. Dr. Frankenstein’s voracious and successful approach to necromancy proves that very distinctly. Though the novel does not explicitly state that there are things best left to higher powers‚ the novel does highlight‚ very pointedly‚
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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.
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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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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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