How the Sources of Knowledge are Ultimately Dependent on the Sense of Knowledge

INTRODUCTION

Knowledge is the justified true beliefs. Knowledge also means being aware or acquired with something. Knowledge has three requirements such as objectives (true), subjective (belief) and evidence (justify Options). Knowledge can occur through acquaintance, ability of knowing, propositional knowing.

Sense of knowledge refers to the type of knowing or attaining knowledge. According Socrates “every person has knowledge and reality within himself, what is only necessary is to help one to deliver his knowledge through midwifery method or intellectual midwife through conversation or dialogues[1]. Acquired outside us through sense organ (touch smell, seeing and hearing (Extremely sense). Or through personal experiences (knowledge) feelings, emotions and attitude (internal senses). It is true that all source., of knowledge are ultimately dependent on sense of knowledge. The following are sources of knowledge which are ultimately dependent in sense of knowledge.

Revealed sources of knowledge  

This is the source of knowledge relating to God's faith especially in Bible and Qu-ran in this source basically centered on Internal senses, source in sensation. Religion is the source of moral obtained through internal sense. Some prophet obtained through this sense of knowledge is called revelatory knowledge. Devine revelation serves: - as the source of Moral standards for the believers.

Authority source of Knowledge

This is the extant source of knowledge that depends the external sources of knowledge which transcending on expertise. Authority can be in transitional, legal (rational) and charismatic where by depend on persuading experts works such as listening speeches and reading books. Almost 90% of what we know right now is depended upon authority where by doctors, professors and

other experts have books, Individual newspaper that come from proper and valid authority here in this source force is needed to cause from authority depends with authority of that particular society and here external sense Organs sue! jar and there are involved.

Empirical source of knowledge

This is the external source of knowledge which depends on whole sense of knowledge such as hearing, smelling, seeing and tasting. This is the major one because almost whole external sense organics are involved. Empirical knowledge is built upon a very nature of human experience gained from assimilating observed data. The five senses on this kind of source of knowledge are: Skin for touching, nose for smelling eye for seeing, tongue for tasting and ear for hearing.

Intuitive source of knowledge

This is the internal sense sources of knowledge that involving on instance to know without formal process of reasoning. This is the intermediate sense of thinking or sensory Perception. It occurring beyond consciousness and experience needed as the sudden flash of insight. Intuition is very private avoid personal knowledge sometime relates with faith.

Reasoning source of knowledge.

This is the internal source of knowledge, where by involving rational knowledge, this involving man power of knowledge. Sensation and experience are raw materials for this knowledge Reasoning can be conducts from specific to general or general to specific during devouring conclusion.

Faith source of knowledge

This is the source of knowledge that based on internal sense, where by knowledge that based on internal sense, where by knowledge seems to originated from God. Here individual believing without evidence and personal revelation experience, the truth value cannot be verified or falsified.

Conclusively; The proper way of attaining knowledge is through practice of disciplined conversation, Knowledge is university, eternal and unchangeable" Knowledge comes from mind which is rational and it can acquire proper knowledge and sense knowledge cannot be proper knowledge because can be tricked and deceived.

 

References

Hamlyn, D. W. The Theory of Knowledge, Garden City: New York: Anther, 1970.

Lewis, Clerence, L. An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation, La Salle, III: Open Court.

Malcom, N. Knowledge and Certainty. Engle wood Cliffs, N. J.: Prentice-Hall, !963.

Nagel, E. and Richard, B. Meaning and Knowledge, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1965.

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[1] S. E. Stumpf, Philosophy: History & Problems, New York: McGrow-Hill, Inc; 1994,158.