Understanding Knowledge: Sources, Forms, and Philosophy
What Is to Know?
Saber (to know) is a term related to taste, understanding, trying, and finding things. Knowledge is a direct contact with reality in a manner that seeks to distinguish and understand it. Knowing involves elements, such as being aware of what one knows, giving reasons to others, and having a critical attitude. Knowledge is an apprehension of reality; reality is fixed in a subject, expressed, and transmitted to other subjects and incorporated into a tradition.
Sources of Knowledge
There
Read MoreUniverse’s Nature and Time: From Big Bang to Black Holes
Abstract
Chapter 1: Our Picture of the Universe
A summary of the different models of the universe over time, through the image that the Earth was flat, held up by a giant turtle shell, until the description of current scientific theories of the universe by two fundamental partial theories: The theory of general relativity and quantum mechanics, and the efforts of modern physics in searching for a theory that adds to the previous two: A quantum theory of gravity.
Chapter 2: Space and Time
It deals with
Hominization and Humanization: Evolution of Humankind
Hominization and Humanization: Understanding Human Evolution
Hominization (Natural Environment)
Living in the tall grass savanna, hominids needed to explore and monitor their surroundings. Thus, the need for survival favored an upright posture. This led to a change in foot structure, allowing hominids to walk normally and remain bipedal. In this position, the hands were freed, which, over time, facilitated the manufacture and handling of tools. The large jaws became smaller while the skull increased
Read MorePhilosophical Concepts: Matter, Soul, and Christian Trisubstantialism
Berkeley’s View on the Existence of Matter
According to Berkeley, matter is endowed with “primary” qualities (quantity) and secondary qualities (color). These qualities exist only within our senses and vary from person to person.
Therefore, for Berkeley, matter is merely a collection of subjective impressions existing solely in the mind. The physical world exists only as a subjective idea. In modern terms, reality is simply information within the subject’s mind.
Pythagorean Dualism
Pythagoras of Samos
Read MorePlato’s Theory of Ideas: Historical, Cultural, and Philosophical Context
Historical, Cultural, and Philosophical Context of Plato’s Theory of Ideas
The theory of ideas serves as a background for all other issues and develops a complete theory of the state.
Historical Context
The historical context of Platonic philosophy is the Greek city-state (Polis) during the last third of the 5th century and the first half of the 4th century BC, especially the city of Athens. After the Peloponnesian Wars, Athens was defeated and subjected, until 403 BC, to the hegemony of Sparta. This
Read MoreUnderstanding Myths, Logos, and Philosophical Concepts
Sacred Narratives and Philosophical Concepts
Sacred narratives or legends, also known as myths, involve symbols in important events that recount natural and social phenomena. Logos refers to the law governing order in reality, using human reason to uncover this order. It expresses thought, from emotions to scientific law. Essence is what makes something what it is, and nothing else, precluding existence. Dogmatic refers to an uncritical attitude that accepts truth without discussion. Metaphysics
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