Ways+of+Knowing

Ways of Knowing:

 * Language: a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols (Asking or seeking advice or information)
 * Reason+Knowledge:a rational motive for a belief or action (Teachings, or instincts)
 * Strength || Weakness ||
 * Can be easy to use in reminding || Can be bad in jumping to conclusions ||
 * Emotion: any strong feeling (Happiness, anger, sadness...)
 * Strength || Weakness ||
 * Can widen the mind to accept more knowledge or help to motivate in seeking knowledge || Can disrupt the acceptance of knowledge if the emotion is negative or too much emotion is there to bear ||
 * Can teach the avoiding of bad influence || Can be too personal to make common ||
 * Perception: the awareness of presence and status of something through sensing (basically the use of the 5 senses)
 * Perception: the awareness of presence and status of something through sensing (basically the use of the 5 senses)
 * = Strength ||= Weaknesses ||
 * = Automatic ||= Differs from person to person ||
 * = Reliable because it is felt by you ||= can be inaccurate ||
 * = Usually knowledge gained by perception can be used as proof or evedence and can lead to later significant info ||=  ||

Personal Ways of Knowing:

 * Belief: Mental acceptance of a claim as truth (Facts like the theory of gravity)(not so reliable as it is too personal or
 * Faith: complete confidence in something (Faith in God's prescience)(
 * Acquaintance: personal knowledge or information about someone or something (Experience)
 * *Practice: translating an idea into action (Making 2nd mac pro Movie)(playing Music)(Doing Math)
 * Introspection: process of self-examination (Taking a self-test such as an IQ)
 * Empathy: understanding and entering into another's feelings (Sympathy for other)
 * Instinct: inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli (Moving hands away when touching a hot/cool object)
 * Ethics or conscience: motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions (Judging weather you should go to a party or help dad/mom at home)


 * Empirical: derived from experiment and observation rather than theory (Trying out a mac when you are a windows user)
 * *Logical: capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning (Water is colorless)
 * Authority: the power or right to give orders or make decisions (Leadership)
 * Memory: the power of retaining and recalling past experience (The song we sang in kindergarden)