the knowers perspective is essential on the pursuit of knowledge

the knowers perspective is essential on the pursuit of knowledge

1. To what extend those our culture and environment affect our perspective on the knowledge we receive?

   • can our past experiences and knowledge affect the knowledge we pursuit?
   • how can memory affect the knowers perspective and the knowledge he pursuits?

2. ways of knowing

   • memory
     • memory plays a very important part in the creation of our identity and therefor what we are interested in and how we understand the knowledge we get.
   • reason
     • we are all able to reason but the way in which we reason is what differiantiates us from each other. because of this the knowledge we are pursuiting and how we percieve it variates. it's subjective.

3. Areas of knowledge

   • religious knowledge systems
     • religion plays a very important part in the knowledge individuals are open to and how they receive it.
       • some religious systems refused to believe in evolution for decades for example.
   • History
     • we can learn a lot from history and it tends to repeat itself, by this the knower can can have background information on new knowledge and can have a critical perspective on it.

4. tthe knowers pespective is essential on the persuit of knowledge

   • perspective is linke to our identity
   • the knowledge we pursuit is based on prior information recieved and can be interpretated in different ways
   • religion affects our perspective on certain knowledge

5. perspective has nothing to do with the pursuit of knowledge

   • the knower can easily differentiate his points of views to the knowledge he recives
   • the knowledge is the same and there for shouldnt be persieved as something else