We See and Understand Things Not as They Are but as We Are.”

This author ascribes to the empiricism paradigm. This paradigm is similar to empirical knowing in that it is based on the premise that what is known can be verified through the senses, or

The role of education in society has proven to service the people through the spreading of information, teaching of lessons and simply giving the gift of knowledge. With the gift of knowledge, we ultimately give the other the right and the ability, more importantly, to make their own informed choices. An educated mind can go beyond the limits set out by society and can make wise decisions regarding their health, success and general well being by simply using rationale. The level of education one obtains is directly related to the health of that individual, whereby it determines the person’s quality of life and life expectancy. Further more, one may be lead to believe that education is the most

The second major psychological perspective is that of learning. The perspective of learning is “concerned with how the environment and experience affect a person’s actions” (Wade and Tavris, 2011). When applied to a relationship standpoint many factors come into play. As a child who was raised to respect women, my mom always encouraged me to have healthy long-term relationships and not be a “player”. This lead to me implementing those ideas into my life and sticking with

Education allows for people to have both understanding and greater control over their own lives. Lack of knowledge can quickly lead one down the road of fear, frustration, and confusion. Furthermore, the stress over past and future events can cause detrimental effects both mentally and physically. To avoid such pitfalls, one should build a secure foundation of knowledge to enable oneself to preserve a healthy mental and physical state.

Other pre-Socratics such as the Milesians and Xenophanes all posited that there is only one way to make sense of the universe: direct empirical observation. According to this framework, real human knowledge is impossible to achieve in most fields of thought. If all the individual has to go on is observation, then places where direct observation is unavailable, knowledge is impossible to obtain in its entirety. Hence, in contradiction to this popular belief,

2.) Theories as lenses: our perception is shaped by the way we want to see things. Thus, we

Education is the gradual process of meaning making and acquiring “knowledge.” One views the world through his or her own set of lenses or filters, from his or her own perspective, and the mind of the learner attempts to connect new information to existing schema to make new connections. These constructions and connections in the brain become "knowledge." Therefore, knowledge when people begin to understand facts or information through experience and/or learning. We begin to realize, through knowledge, details that we learn in isolation are actually interconnected. Education can be intentional or unintentional and can occur everywhere and at any time. Education is greatly influenced by affective factors and social context. It has both internal and external value, both to a person and to all of society.

As this research is exploratory in nature that is, it sought to explore and examine decision-making, morality and ‘sense-making’ amongst human participants I was naturally orientated towards an interpretivist epistemological position. The central thesis of interpretivism is that knowledge, its origin and interpretation is founded on human subjectivities and as such complemented my own world view that knowledge is indeed

Without education one would not know how to communicate efficiently. Having people understand your message is important in getting them behind your message.

More educated people are more informed,

Empiricist philosophers such as John Locke believe that knowledge must come from experience. Others philosophers such as Descartes believe that knowledge is innate; this way of thinking is used by rationalist. In this paper I will discuss the difference between Descartes rationalism in his essays "The Meditations" and Locke's empiricism in his essays "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding". I will then lend my understanding as to what I believe as the ultimate source of knowledge.

I enjoyed reading your post. You wrote: “Our worldview opens up ways of seeing, and it points our attention toward certain things; our worldview also blinds us and limits our understanding and appreciation of certain things.” I like your use of “blinds us and limits our understanding...”, I did not think about that when I first read the text, but agree with you that our worldview can constrain views as well.

In a relationship, we have to know what we can, and cannot live without. Being in a relationship means nothing, no one is perfect and in a relationship, there

Acquiring education is one of the most critical aspects of a person’s life. It should be seen as vital as the air we breathe. The key to a healthy mind and a successful person is learning. “Without education, you’re not going anywhere in this world” is a famous quote by Malcolm X. His quote reiterates that the competitive world makes it essential for us to have a proper education since it will serve as our weapon to conquer the world. Education will help a person grow as an individual because a highly knowledgeable person will have a better grip on handling any problem that comes his or her way. Literacy is the foundation of what we are as individuals. Every decision we make, as well as our thought process, is the basis of what we know.

Behaviors are fairly different and are free from social infuluence, where shared knowledge will hahve no impact on personal knoewledge. Personal knowledge is all defined by personal experiences and thoughts. However, these thoughts usually occur because of shared knowledge. It can further be argued that shared knowledge will always play a larger role in impacting personal knowledge. This idea will be explored through Natural Sciences and the Arts. Further investigations will be taken to prove how shared knowledge shapes personal knowledge. The knowledge question is to what extent can shared knowledge shape personal knowledge? Shared knowledge is influenced by society, rather than individiual thought. As individuals if we accept shared knowledge are we also accepting an external objective reality? This question will also be explored through the two areas of