Ways of knowing
Ways of knowing |
Definition |
Emotion |
Instinctive or intuitive feeling as distinguished from reasoning or knowledge |
Faith |
Firm belief in something for which there is no proof. |
Imagination |
The faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses. |
Intuition |
Intuitions are the judgments, solutions, and ideas that pop into the consciousness without our being aware of the mental processes that led to them. |
Language |
A language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols by means of which a social group cooperates |
Memory |
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved |
Reason |
Reasoning is the process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgement. |
Sense Perception |
Perception by or based on stimulation of the senses. |
Areas of knowledge
Area of Knowledge |
Definition |
Arts |
Filling a space in a beautiful way. That’s what art means to me. -Georgia O’Keeffe |
Ethics |
Ethics is a code of values which guide our choices and actions and determine the purpose and course of our lives. |
History |
the branch of knowledge that deals with past events |
Human Science |
A branch of study which deals with people or their actions |
Indigenous Knowledge Systems |
Refers to the understandings, skills and philosophies developed by societies with long histories of interaction with their natural surroundings |
Mathematics |
The study of the measurement, properties, and relationships of quantities and sets, using numbers and symbols. |
Natural Sciences |
A science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature |
Religious Knowledge Systems |
A specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects. |
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