Royal Institute of Philosophy Literature and Knowledge Author(s): Catherine Wilson Source: Philosophy‚ Vol. 58‚ No. 226 (Oct.‚ 1983)‚ pp. 489-496 Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of Royal Institute of Philosophy Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3750861 . Accessed: 17/10/2013 15:08 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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have access to any kind of knowledge. Even the most elementary knowledge that is to say their identity was taken away from them. Why was it so important for slave owners that their slaves should remain ignorant and what strategies did they use to achieve this goal? First of all‚ I will focus on the problem of the identity: how and why slaveholders deprived slaves of this self-knowledge that is necessary to man’s balance? Secondly‚ I will turn to the issue of knowledge: Why was it so strictly forbidden
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Essay I am for knowledge Is knowledge dangerous? Can knowledge get you killed? Some of you may look at these questions and think "why would knowledge be dangerous?" While I think knowledge may be safe‚ it can (infact) be very dangerous. There was a study to observe how toddlers reacted to bad vs. good acts. Puppets were used as props and were used to display good and bad acts. A significant percentage of the babies chose the puppet that has done the bad act. Could this knowledge of the babies motivate
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understanding human knowledge has been a central philosophical one.”1“Like Rene Descartes‚ we have all ask ourselves at one time or another couldn’t everything I seem to see‚ hear‚ etc. Be illusory? Might I’ll in fact be dreaming all this? If so what do I really know of the outside world?"2 Knowledge is a vague concept according to Bertrand Russell. This is issue of what is knowledge‚ how do we know and how to classify what we think we know as knowledge. In order to help solve this problem knowledge have been
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Knowledge is Powerful than Money Respected president‚ honorable faculty staff and my fellow students A.O.A. Knowledge is powerful than wealth is our today’s topic of discussion. When we say that knowledge is power we mean that knowledge is the only source of strength in the world. The idea that wealth is power is also quite common‚ it is believed to be true by a number of people but that is wrong; wealth is not a permanent thing. A man may be wealthy today but he may become very
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motivation Hungerford-Kresser‚ H.‚ Wiggins‚ J.‚ & Amaro-Jimenez‚ C. (20112012). Learning from our mistakes: What matters when incorporating blogging in the content area literacy classroom. Jang‚ S. –J (2007). A study of students’ construction of science knowledge: talk and writing in a collaborative group. Kassop‚ M. (2003). Ten Ways online education matches‚ or surpasses‚ face-to-face learning
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try to shed some light on knowledge from Islamic perspective. Generally speaking‚ the Arabic word for knowledge is ’ilm‚ which‚ in most cases‚ indicates to Islamic knowledge or matters related to Sheree’ah (Islamic Law). Although‚ some of the Quranic verses in this article refer to Islamic knowledge‚ yet they are general in their meaning‚ and thus can be used to refer to learning in general. The importance of education is a none disputable matter. Education is the knowledge of putting one ’s potentials
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up the concepts of personal knowledge and shared knowledge. Personal knowledge depends on the experiences of a particular individual because everyone is living life differently. On the other hand‚ shared knowledge is the product of more than one individual as it binds different ideas together. Shared knowledge is pretty much a collection of personal knowledge. For example‚ my personal knowledge is that Taylor Swift is the best singer of all time‚ but a shared knowledge would be Taylor Swift is a singer
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The Significance of Knowledge Knowledge is the most important thing in man’s life. There are two kinds of knowledge: Religious knowledge and Secular knowledge. These two kinds of knowledge are very essential for the existence of man. Secular knowledge is necessary for his worldly life and religious knowledge is vital for his successful life here and in the Hereafter. Allah says in the Qur’an in Sura 9‚ Verse 121: "..........let them devote themselves to studies in religion and admonish their
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ABSTRACT The study was designed to explore the comparative effectiveness of transmitter of knowledge model and inductive inquiry model on students’ academic achievement. The main objectives of the study were to expose each of the two experimental groups to the transmitter of knowledge model and inductive inquiry model respectively and to compare the effectiveness of these models in the teaching of Social Studies. The pretest posttest control group experimental design was chosen for the experiment
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