WEAKNESSES OF REASON AS A WAY OF KNOWING | Word Count: 1‚584 | | Reason is a priori. All humans are born with it. It is a way of knowing as it is used in every area of knowledge and in collaboration with the other ways of knowing. Unlike the implication of the prescribed essay topic‚ reason is not a distinctive way of knowing. To say that is an oversimplification of the complexity of knowing. Knowledge can only be obtained through the inextricably linked ways of knowing. Reason comes to us naturally
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There are four main ways of knowing – reason‚ perception‚ language and emotion. However each one of them have their own strengths and weaknesses and only by knowing them will we be able to better use these ways of knowing to gain knowledge. This essay will seek to examine the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of knowing. Reason is often seen as one of the most powerful ways of knowing – for it ‘seems to give us certainty’ (Lagemaat‚ 112). Reason uses logic to form arguments and conclusions
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Discipline: Relationship to the Ways of Knowing and Doing Writing in the discipline is founded on a relationship between knowing‚ doing‚ and writing. It is important that we understand the two categories creating disciplines: domains of knowledge and the ways of knowing. The domains of knowledge suggest declarative or conceptual knowledge and the knowing infers procedural or process knowledge. Michael Carter addresses this relationship in his article Ways of Doing‚ Knowing‚ and Writing in the Disciplines
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Explore the strengths and weaknesses of two Ways of Knowing. Introduction- There are many different types of ways of knowing such as language‚ sense perception‚ memory‚ imagination‚ emotion‚ faith‚ reason and intuition. The two different ways of knowing that I will be comparing in this essay are Intuition and Reason. The definition for intuition “is the ability to understand something instinctively‚ without the need for conscious reasoning.” Whereas the definition for reason is“ defined as formal
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Which pattern of knowing do you believe is the most important to your current practice of nursing? Defend your answer. The patterns of knowing nursing denote the importance in meeting goals and developing effective outcomes in nursing practice. Among Carper’s pattern of knowing‚ the most important focus in my job‚ which is in the Children Cancer Unit‚ is personal knowing. Carper describes personal knowing as being affected with the knowing‚ encountering and symbolizing of the individual self (Johns
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Patterns of Knowing and Knowledge Mary J. Slatten University Of Mary TMCCA Patterns of Knowing and Knowledge It is suggested that there are five patterns of knowing and knowledge in nursing. A nurse must develop and balance all of these patterns of knowledge in order to be effective. As in all of nursing‚ nurses refine these patterns with experience and reflection throughout his or her career. This knowledge is interrelated‚ interdependent and overlapping. Nurse‚ as any other profession
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“Reasoning is the thinking that is coherent and logical.” As the dictionary definition very clearly and correctly states‚ reasoning is certain thinking or a conclusion drawn from a logical fact. Hence‚ the reasoning of a certain thing‚ which is a conclusion drawn from an existing fact or the happening of an event‚ is trusted more than the conclusion which is drawn due the development of one’s emotions. Consequently‚ when a person would say to another‚ “You’re being emotional”‚ it is considered as
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scientific experiments carried out upon it in an effort to prove that this piece of paper is indeed a piece of paper. Yet through reasoning the fact that this is a piece of paper can be disputed and even proved wrong. Reason seems like an excellent way to work out the world around us. It uses all of the facts available to come up with a suitable hypothesis which can be tested and either proved or disproved through experimentation. This is the foundation of science‚ which is what the majority of people
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Evaluate the way emotion may undermine or enhance perception as a Way of Knowing How do we know what we know? There are a variety of ways of knowing such as Perception‚ Emotion‚ Language and reason. In this essay‚ I will explore how emotion may undermine or enhance perception as a way of knowing. Perception‚ “per·cep·tion /pərˈsɛp[pic]ʃən/ Pronunciation Key -[per-sep-shuh[pic]n]” [1]‚ is the immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation‚ as of moral‚ psychological‚ or aesthetic
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Great Britain 00X-7489/97 %17.00+0.00 The evaluation of nursing theory: a method for our madness Sharon L. Dudley-Brown Assistant Professor‚ University of Maryland School of Nursing‚ Department of Material and Clinical Health‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ U.S.A. (Received 20 March 1995;revised 13 January 1996;accepted 11 March 1996) Abstract The profession of nursing has‚ in recent years‚ been trying to further develop‚ test and use proposed nursing theory. To utilize theory appropriately‚ in all domains
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