"The knower´s perspective is essential in the pursuit of
knowledge." To what extent do you agree?
ART
THE PERCEPTION OF A PIECE OF ART (PAINTING, SONG, ETC.) IS GIVEN BY THE CULTURAL
AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE THE PERSON HAS, TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE PIECE
THE VIEWER MUST HAVE A PREVIOUS BACKGROUND BASED ON SHARED KNOWLEDGE OF A
SOCIETY AND CULTURE.
IMAGINATION, INTUITION AND
SENCE PERCEPTION
THE WAY A PERSON CAN PERCEIVE A CERTAIN GENRE OF
MUSIC CAN VARRY DEPENDING ON THE SHARED
KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE HEARING
"VALLENATO" TO A COLOMBIA IT IS A CULTURAL PIECE OF
MUSIC THAT REPRESENTS THE SHARED KNOWLEDGE AND
CULTURE THE COLOMBIANS HAVE, FOR A FOREIGN PERSON
IT MIGHT SOUND WIERD OR MIGHT NO REPRESENT THE
SAME THING FOR THEM.
TO WHAT EXTENT DOES SHARED
KNOWLEDGE INFLUENCE KNOWERS
PERSPECTIVE?
CAN OUR CULTURAL SURROUNDING
AFFECT THE WAY WE PERCEIVE WHAT
WE LEARN?
DOES "COMMON KNOWLEDGE" INFLUENCE
THE DECISION MAKING AND PERSPECTIVE IN
WHICH WE ANALYZE SITUATIONS IN OUR
LIFES
REASSONS FOR CHOOSING THIS SUBJECT
1. WHEN FIST READING THE QUESTION MANY REAL LIFE
SUTIATIONS THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR THE REALIZATION OF THE
ESSAY CAME TO MIND
2. THEQUESTION SEEMED EASSY TO
UNDERSTAND AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A
GOOD RESPONSE
3. THE AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN
BE RELATED TO THE QUESTION ARE AREAS
THAT INTEREST ME.
ETHICS
FAITH, REASON,
SENCE PERCEPTION
SHARED KNOWLEDGE HELPS SHAPE THE
PERSPECTIVE IN THE ETHIC VALUES OF A
PERSON, TEACHING WHAT COULD BE RIGHT
OR WRONG DEPENDING ON THE CULTURAL
KNOWLEDGE THE INDIVIDUAL HAS IN A
CERTAIN SOCIETY.
THE SHARED KNOWLEDGE ON A SOCIETY LIKE THE ONE IN
SINGAPORE CAN MARK AS ETHICALLY CORRECT THE
PUNISHMENT BY WHIPPING TO CRIMINALS, BUT BY THE
SHARED KNOWLEDGE OF A PERSON IN AMERICA THE ACT OF
VIOLENCE THAT WHIPPING IMPLICATES CAN HAVE A
DIFFERENT ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE AND CHANGE THE
KNOWERS VIEW OF THE SUBJECT.
COUNTER ARGUMENTS
1: THE
ETHICS OF AND PERSON ARE
RELATIVE SO THERE IS NO RIGHT
OR WRONG
2: THE WAY PEOPLE PERCEIVE AN ARTWORK
COMES FROM A PERSONAL WAY OF THINKING
AND THE THE FEELINGS HE EXPERIENCES IN THE
MOMENT NOT THE SHARED KNOWLEDGE HE HAS
GAINED.
THESIS:SHARED KNOWLEDGE AFFECTS
THE PERSPECTIVE A PERSON SEEKS
KNOWLEDGE BY CREATING A SPECIFIC
BACKGROUND OF CULTURAL OR OTHER
"COMMON" KNOWLEDGE THAT DEFINES
THE WAY OF THINKING OF AN
INDIVIDUAL.
PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES CAN
HAVE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OF A CERTAIN
TOPIC, EVEN ON ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS
VALUES, ALL BASED ON A SHARED
KNOWLEDGE THEY HAVE GAINED IN THEIR
LIVES
THE SHARED KNOWLEDGE A PERSON HAS VARIES
FROM ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER WICH CAN MAKE
EACH INDIVIDUAL SEEK FOR DIFFERENT AIMS IN A
TOPIC AND IN THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE
A CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE CAN
CREATE AN SPECIFIC AIM IN A CERTAIN
TOPIC OF KNOWLEDGE THAT CAN ME
THE INDIVIDUALS VARRIE THEIR
PERSPECTIVE OF THE THEME IN
QUESTION.