Knowledge Is Nothing More than the Systematic Organization of Facts

The Authenticity of Factual Knowledge

Intro

The prescribed title ‘‘Knowledge is nothing more than the systematic organization of facts.’’ is implying that knowledge is the process by which we acquire knowledge on a given topic, here, on the areas of knowledges mathematics and history. To know the facts we organize them in an orderly fashion. This claim raises the knowledge issue: To what extent is the organization of facts in mathematics and history part of the understanding of the knowledge they provide?

Argument 1 (mathematics)

Real life situation on mathematics: For me, as a student studying mathematics, there is a point where I cannot study the subject anymore as I understood the facts so well that they are clearly organized in my mind.

Explanation

It’s especially the case as I feel that mathematics are understood after an organization of the facts. Once the facts are in my head, they are organized and understood. Yet, even if I understand them, there is a point where intuition falls in and I know more about said mathematical concept with the gut feeling, intuition, that I get as I progress through my problems. The organization of the facts is a major component of my knowledge in mathematics, but I want to say that being a knower of mathematics means that you have acquired the ability reason and feel the mathematics similarly to a sense. I believe mathematics is like cooking, one can know the different tastes of each of his ingredients for a recipe, but putting the ingredients together requires more than only having the tastes organized. It requires intuition and talent, that which is so hard to explain with words. This is true in other area of knowledge such as art, where knowing the colors is useful, but to paint yo...

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...uch was the case for (NAME OF THE AUTHOR) who, differently from other historians (or writers whatever he is), used his emotion to sort out the information available to him. So, he used that information about the behaviour of seemingly normal men who become monstrous Nazis and organized it into knowledge.

Mini Conclusion

In essence, the knowledge of history consists of an organization of facts, but also a deep and thorough analysis of the facts in order to actually understand the meaning and goals of the events.

Conclusion

In conclusion, in both mathematics and history the use of facts is critical to be a knower and knowing the facts is the first step to building more knowledge in the two areas of knowledge. Knowledge is built by organizing the facts through a process that requires emotion and reason, it’s not as simple as listing what we know so far.

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