PHILOSOPHY OF KNOWLEDGE.

 Knowledge means, we collect new data to our brain. According to this process, we can understand things, get information, understand subject, fats and skills acquired through experiences of education.

Knowledge and learning under epistemology section of the philosophy. Epistemology concerned with knowledge. It contains its methods, validity, scope and the distinction between belief and opinion. The word epistemology is derived from the Greek words,

                                      Episteme- Knowledge

                                      Logos- Reasons

The study of epistemology helps us to think about the way we think. It means theoretically or practically understand about something.

What is the meaning of learning? 

The meaning of learning is that we have learned something that we didn't know properly before. Through our whole life time we learning many new things in every second. Learning something new gives us to ability to create new things.

During the learning process perception is the essential part.

Perception

Perception is the identification, organization and interpretation of the sensory information. We sense many things in our external and internal environment. Human nervous system directly involves for this perception process. It based on beliefs and leads to form further beliefs. Under perception illusions and hallucination are take place.

Illusion and Hallucination

Illusions are misperception of real external stimulus. For an example, in our normal life when we walk through street in the night, some large branches of the trees are shown as ghosts.


Hallucinations are false sensory perceptions, that we can experienced without real external stimulus. For an example, when we go to the cemetery at the mid night we hear some unusual sounds/noises. In my own experience , when me and my friend walk on the grasses area, my friend said, "There were leeches on the grasses". After I heard it I felt crawling feeling on my skin. But when I checked there was nothing. This is also an example for hallucination. 

Seeing and believing

Seeing and believing also become under perception. Seeing means the action of the eyesight of something or someone. Eyes can see images. In simply we can describe the believing a to think that something is true, correct or real. But we cannot believe everything we see. As the Lord Buddha said, " One should believe just by seeing something". The reason is that not everything we see may be true.

We believe in something only when we are impressed or pious about it. For an example, we believe in good,  But we cannot say actually there is a god in our world or not. 

Vision and eyes.

Vision is the thought within oneself to archive one's goals. So you have to have a good eyes for this, and you have a clear aim for it. Good vision also means having two good eyes. for an example: The eagle has good eyes to target its prey because of its two keen eyes.


Human understanding

Understand also link with the learning and knowledge. Understanding is the ability to understand something properly. Comparing to other animals, human have powerful understanding process. Human brain involves for this understanding process.  Humans have the most powerful brain system in the animals among the world. Human brain has the large capacity. So, the average adult to store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes digital memory. Using our brain we can imagine, think, identifying, analyzing and arguing. 

Human reasons or enquiry may naturally divide into two kinds. They are relations of ideas and matters of facts. When we talking about the ideas and matters of facts, metaphysics is involves for this. These are  metaphysical characteristics. 

Logical thinking is very important part for improve our knowledge. It is the act of analyzing a situation and coming up with a sensible solution. It requires to use of reasoning skills to skills to study a problem objectively, which will allow you to make a radiational conclusion about how to conclusion about how to proceed. 

Metaphysics

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that describe the relationship between mind and matters. Metaphysical means relating to metaphysics. Metaphysics describe existence, objects and their properties,  cause and effect, about space, mind and matter etc. Metaphysics is a wide subject.

Thoughts and ideas

  Thoughts and ideas become under metaphysics section. Because mind involves for this thoughts and ideas. Some scientists said mind is brain and some others are saying mind is different imaginary thing that in our body. At this time no one proof any of them. However, thoughts are any kind of things that in our mind. Thoughts doesn't have an exactly meaning. 

Ideas are thought that have some meaning. For an example, Think about you want to construct a house. We plan that in our mind. that thoughts are known as ideas.


 

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