Theory of Knowledge Essay

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Knowledge is something that can change day to day, which can be learned through both the natural and human sciences. Knowledge changes in the natural sciences when an experiment is conducted and more data has been gathered. Knowledge changes in human sciences when patterns are recognized in society and further tests have been conducted. Does our knowledge of things in the natural and human sciences change every day? I think that our knowledge grows everyday but does not necessarily change every day. The areas of knowledge that will be discussed in this essay are natural and human sciences. In History we can see that at one point something that was considered knowledge then transformed into different knowledge, especially in the natural sciences. However, in the past, due to lack of technology, it might have been more of a lack of knowledge that then turned into knowledge on the topic.
During the Middle Ages the scientists along with the rest of the world believed that earth was flat. This was because of the lack of technology that would allow them to look at earth from space or even to travel to what was assumed to be the edge of the earth. It was not until later that scientists had discovered that the world was not flat, but rather round. During the Middle Ages the world being flat was common knowledge, where today it is considered a myth. The idea of a spherical earth was introduced by Greek astronomy, specifically Pythagoras. The main element that proved this new theory was Columbus and his travels. A limitation to this example is that now days the idea of the world being flat is a myth and not seen as a scientific idea so it might not be seen as natural sciences or knowledge but rather a myth in history. In the natural scienc...

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... race are still unknown to a lot of sciences and to the common public. The quote “that which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow” can be seen as true to an extent. The truth might come from this point in time to the future. Because of the technology that we have today we have reached many conclusions about the way that things work in society. These conclusions may be discarded with better technology. This statement is only true for issues that the sciences have reached a conclusion on. It is completely different when we gain knowledge on issues that are more unknown. For example, element like dark matter that are very unknown to scientist but in the future we might have better technology that can reach more of a conclusion than we have now. Knowledge will always be something that changes no matter how advance the world’s technology is.

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