Methods of acquiring

Knowledge by man
Vidhya V K
Department of English
Introduction
● One of the salient features that differentiateman from
animals is the giftof knowledge.
● Learning get combined and become knowledge which
has been categorized under different heads.
Methods

● 1. SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE
● 2. FACETS OF KNOWLEDGE
● 3. FORMS OF KNOWLEDGE
Sources of
knowledge
● The following are the source of knowledge

● 1. Knowledge gained from sensory experience.

● 2. Knowledge derived fromreasoning
● 3. Authoritative knowledge
● 4. Revealed knowledge
● 5. Intuitive knowledge
Knowledge gained
from sensory
experience

● The experience gained by man through his five

senses are the source of this kind of knowledge.
Knowledge gained
from reasoning

● M an has the ability not only believing what he sees are

true but also the ability to think and visualize what he
could not directly see.
Authoritative
knowledge

● Human knowledge gets endorsed only through the

authorities who propounded it.
● Eg. Buddha, Edison, etc..
Revealed knowledge
● Sages and saints were blessed with divine revelation
and because of their piety selfless and moral authority,
people accept themas authoritative massage.
Intuitive knowledge
● The ability to understand something instinctively without
the need for conscious reasoning.
Facets OF knowledge
● 1.participativeknowledge
● 2. Content knowledge
● 3. Relational knowledge
Participative
knowledge
● Knowledge about social environment is acquired
through participants in social activities.
Content knowledge
● It refer to what is taught in educational institutions as
outline by curriculum, syllabus, text book, etc..
Relational knowledge
● Knowledge and learning are related.
Form of knowledge
Sensory knowledge- knowledge acquired through
sense.
● Experiential knowledge- sense perception ate stored in
mind as image and applied thinking whenever need
.arises.
● Demonstrative knowledge- knowledge acquired from
things that could not be explained through direct
relations but may be inferred through indirect relation.
● Logical knowledge- when knowledge is acquired
through the use of inductive and deductive
● Intuitive knowledge- when one get knowledge
transcending conscious experience and reasoning.
● Digital knowledge- text and documents stored in the
digital form and is accessible to computers
Conclusion
Depending upon many methods the methods of
acquiring knowledge by man
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