REGINA YEBOAH

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“SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS”

SEMINAR WEEK 2 : HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

CONTENT :

INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………….. 1

HOW WE CAN VIEW THE HISTORY OF HUMAN

KNOWLEDGE? …………………………..2

WHAT NEW DISCOVERIES AWAIT

US ?.................................................3

HOW DO SOCIAL TIES AFFECT

KNOWLEDGE ?........................................ 4

HOW DOES THE COMPLEXITY OF ECOSYSTEM REFLECT

HUMAN KNOWLEDGE?................5

WHAT IS THE IDEA OF NETWORKISM PRESENTED IN THE

VIDEO?............................... 6

HOW DOES YOUR AWARENESS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

BREAK THE PARADIGMS
OF HOW YOU VIEW LIFE?............................ 7

Human Knowledge has been explained in diverse ways by many

renowned philosophers.
If we’re destroyed, the knowledge is dead . . . We’re nothing more
than dust jackets for books . . . so many pages to a person. . . .—
Ray Bradbury.
Have we ever bothered to ask the question, If our exist as
humans rely mainly on the body or there is more to it? Human
mind develops by interactions between the brain with other body
parts and the world. Thus, the nature of our mind is not a pure,
disembodied consciousness: it is tied to what we do—that is
essential to being a human person, and thus a disembodied
person is impossible. We are part of nature and tied to our
environment.
“You,” your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your
ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact
no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and
their associated molecules. As Lewis Carroll’s Alice might have
phrased: “You’re nothing but a pack of neurons.”

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

Knowledge can refer to a theoretical or practical understanding of
a subject. It can be implicit (as with practical skill or expertise) or
explicit (as with the theoretical understanding of a subject); it can
be more or less formal or systematic. In philosophy, the study of
knowledge is called epistemology; the philosopher Plato famously
defined knowledge as "justified true belief", though this definition
is now thought by some analytic philosophers.
Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes:
perception, communication, and reasoning;[3] while knowledge is
also said to be related to the capacity of acknowledgement in
human beings.
John Locke’s is one the renowned philosophers who’s concern to
human understanding of knowledge is a classic statement of
empiricist epistemology. All the ideas given in his statement are
nothing less than a fundamental account of human knowledge in
our daily live, its methodical progress and inescapable limitations.
Even three centuries later, Locke’s patient, insightful, and honest
reflections on these issues continue to merit the careful study
that this guide is intended to encourage.
Human Knowledge to my understanding and opinion is what we
think, plan, decide and act which doesn’t sometimes require
much detailed scientific explanations of the human mind, but
rather a functional account of it’s operations in practice.

HOW WE CAN VIEW THE HISTORY OF HUMAN

KNOWLEDGE?
As per the knowledge inculcated by an infographic expert Manuel
Lima through TED talk,
Human knowledge history can be viewed as the natural ranking
order in the world. Known as the great chain of being. Which is a
structure that starts with God at the very top, followed by angels,
noblemen, common people, animals etc. Although it’s an idea
based on Aristotle’s ontology. This concept adopted the
branching scheme of a tree in what became known as the
Porphyrian tree, also considered to be the oldest tree of
knowledge.
It was a very powerful tool for conveying information, which with
time became an important communication tool to map a variety
of knowledge systems. There were various classified trees which
were used to map morality in Europe and trees that map all
species known to man. It also served as a symbol for balance
and for unity.
However today a simple tree diagram or metaphor cannot be
employed in this intricate world of new challenges.

WHAT NEW DISCOVERIES AWAIT US ?

New discoveries such as network in many domains of knowledge

awaits us. The universal flu shot, which has eluded scientists for
decades, may be one truly groundbreaking medical advances
that could show up in the next 10 years.
Mini brains such as organoids from human stems cells that
differentiate into neurons and assemble into 3D structures can be
grown to resemble tiny pieces of a brain in early fetal
development.

HOW DO SOCIAL TIES AFFECT KNOWLEDGE ?

Social ties as we all know are the information-carrying
connections between people. The information can be in the form
of knowledge, feelings or experience sharing. Social ties affect
knowledge in diverse ways. In our daily lives social media gives
us unique information that helps to know what goes on around
the world.  The performance of individuals in knowledge-
intensive work in any form of organization remains critical to the
success of both individual-level and organization-level goals.
However social ties bridges the connection between firms and
people who chooses to use it to their own personal benefits.
Some social network scholars have also given some evidence to
prove how effective knowledge has been gained through social
ties. This is also consistent with the broader social learning
literature (Bandura, 1976 Gioia and Manz, 1985). People develop
cognitive scripts and schemas for appropriate behavior in a given
context (e.g., boards) from their experience. If they have
extensive experience in a particular role within that context (e.g.,
majority group member), the behavioral scripts associated with
the role become more deeply ingrained and are more likely to be
invoked, perhaps unconsciously, in different roles (e.g., minority
group member) (Gioia and Manz, 1985) Thus, while experience in
a particular role can enhance performance in that role, it can
detract from performance in other roles that require different
forms of influence. Accordingly, when directors are accustomed
to presenting their arguments and receiving positive feedback
without first manipulating similarity with other members by
highlighting common interests, they may be more easily
discouraged and thus less effective than directors who lack prior
experience in a majority role.  Network theorists have suggested
that social ties between individuals that extend across different
contexts (e.g., on different boards) leads to particularly high
levels of social cohesion (Emirbayer and Goodwin, 1994). Where
individuals have common memberships on multiple other boards
with each other, they have more shared experiences and a
stronger basis for mutual identification (Coleman, 1988;
Belliveau, O'Reilly, and Wade, 1996). Further, the greater
familiarity resulting from such ties may lead majority members
to make more individuated assessments of minority directors
(Gaertner et al., 1989, Messick and Mackie, 1989), reducing the
tendency toward negative stereotyping associated with out-
group categorization.

HOW DOES THE COMPLEXITY OF ECOSYSTEM REFLECT

HUMAN KNOWLEDGE ?
Ecological complexity is the complex systems to study the
relationship between pattern and process in natural systems,
it is also  the ability to support and maintain a balanced,
integrated adaptive. Human knowledge on the complexity of
ecosystems is to simplify, restore, change the decreased
complexity when structural changes to landscapes that has
resulted in loss of niche diversity. The four quadrants of
landscape condition, as was assessed through landscape
complexity and integrity, and logical managerial fates. Also
as stated by the diagram created
by Professor David Lavigne, mapping close to 100 species
that interact with the codfish off the coast of Newfoundland
in Canada. Which makes us understand the intricate and
interdependent of most ecosystems
that abound on our planet.
Complex systems with high integrity should be considered for
conservation which can also be used as “reference” systems for
restoration efforts. Most systems simplified to some extent
through loss of complexity retain high integrity and are
candidates for traditional complexity restoration. Other systems
influenced by toxic spills, excessive nutrient enrichment, or
simplification by some invasive species may retain complexity,
but their diversity is reduced because of loss of integrity.
Management priorities for these systems tend to address issues
of remediation to regain habitat quality for the extirpation of
nonnatives. The focus is to restore plans that will reconstruct the
habitat heterogeneity (Bernhardt et al. 2005), it is likely that this
step is necessary to reestablish natural complexity. Finally,
landscapes that have experienced a severe loss of complexity
and integrity should be dedicated to human-adapted forms and
functions

WHAT IS THE IDEA OF NETWORKISM PRESENTED IN THE

VIDEO?
Networkism is described in the video as a science converted
into art An example is an IP-mapping. A computer-generated
map of IP addresses;
again -- servers, machines. Followed by a network of
Facebook friends, paintings designed by Sharon Molley, such
as : "Transient Structures
and Unstable Networks of which she used oil and enamel on
canvas, another example is the cross-pollination between
science and art. And a computer generated map of a social
network known as: "Operation Smile. Emma McNally as the
leader of this movement also created striking imaginary
landscape using graphite on paper where you can visualize
the influence on traditional network.
Another design is the galaxies forming along filaments Like
Droplets along the Strands of a Spider's Web This massive
installation was created with only elastic ropes. It’s an
immensely powerful design created by Tomás Saraceno.
Another designed by a Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota. In a
piece called. “In Silence.”
HOW DOES YOUR AWARENESS OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE BREAK
THE PARADIGMS OF HOW YOU VIEW LIFE?
I have knowledge in teaching young English learners. I am
also passionate about African wear designing of which in the
future will be proud to gain some knowledge about fashion.
Based on my exposure through out my journey as teacher I
would like to acquire more skills in my field. And I am aiming
at establishing an NGO to build a solid educational
foundation for young learners who lack parental support or
government support in my society who wish to take their
education to the next level. I know with this support it will
help cut down the rate of unemployed youth in the society.
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Westphal, James D.
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