Ways+of+Knowing

Perception: the way you view something with the use of your senses. · Almost immediate information. · Allows you to understand different viewpoints. · Can be accurate because you’re using more than one sense to justify yourself. · Allows for a variety of different thoughts (if using different forms of perception). || · Everyone has different perceptions. · Your interpretation of how you perceive something could be inaccurate. · Could be affected by different variables, such as emotion. ||
 * **Strengths** || **Weaknesses** ||
 * · You can trust your five senses.

Emotion: your feelings towards something or someone.

· Can allow you to empathize with someone. · Can be a powerful source of obtaining knowledge. || · Not always accurate. · Can cloud judgments and reason. · Hurts your ability to distinguish between common knowledge (such as right and wrong). ||
 * **Strengths** || **Weaknesses** ||
 * · Depending on the situation, could allow you to deduce information correctly.

Reason (Reason and Knowledge): using your logic to infer or understand something.

· Can be used to deduce information. · Not complex. || · Logic could be applied incorrectly to a situation, giving inaccurate information. · Logic with different people varies. · Several things can affect your reasoning (perception, emotion). ||
 * **Strengths** || **Weaknesses** ||
 * · Logic is based on common sense, and so information gathered from this can be usually accurate.

Language: method by which one can communicate with others.

· Can give clarification. · Powerful way of obtaining and/or giving knowledge. · Allows expression of thoughts to become understandable. · Allows for preserving of knowledge (usually written). || · Miscommunication can result in unreliability. · Different languages or different ways of speaking a single language can make the spreading of ideas difficult and inaccurate. ||
 * **Strengths** || **Weaknesses** ||
 * · Enables you to communicate ideas.

Syllogisms:

1. If squares have four sides, and anything with four sides is a quadrilateral, then all squares are quadrilaterals. 2. If Julie wears shorts, and all men wear jeans, then Julie is not a man. 3. If Billy is fat, and all men are named Billy, then all men are fat. 4. If all cows are brown, and brown is a feminine color, then all cows are female. 5. If the President of the USA controls the galaxy, and the galaxy is made of cotton candy, then the President controls cotton candy.

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