There can be no knowledge without emotion… until we have felt the force of the knowledge, it is not ours.’ Discuss this vision of the relationship between knowledge and emotion. 1) Emotion can be activated by internal or external causes, certain emotions have their own connotations thus allowing individuals to associate and define certain emotions to themselves. It is suggested that emotion is required to be able to attain knowledge, although the quote itself is vague as to what type of knowledge can only be obtained through emotion. There is many different types of knowledge, as well as many different ways to obtain it. We can gain knowledge through the use of our own senses, knowledge can also be proven to be accurate and true through the use of scientific theories, there is also group knowledge, where there is a commonly held belief in civilization. 2) Does emotion help or hinder the process in which we obtain knowledge? Different emotions ultimately can affect the way we can acquire knowledge, mainly talking about the extremes of our emotions. For example, if you are overly excited about something happening after school, this can have a knock on effect of other emotions, causing you to become irritable, impatient and unfocused. This would then mean your attention span may shorten, then leading to you not listening and fully taking in what your teacher is saying to you, this would therefore affect the level of knowledge you take in. Also, if you are outraged by something, you may act upon them purely through the emotion you are feeling as it is too powerful for you to assess the situation you are in. Emotion here plays a role in the way you acquire knowledge as it can impair your reasoning skills and cause you to act irrationally, if you were not feeling the extremes of this emotion you may evaluate the situation differently therefore causing you to act differently.
Discuss this vision of the relationship between knowledge and emotion.
1) Emotion can be activated by internal or external causes, certain emotions have their own connotations thus allowing individuals to associate and define certain emotions to themselves. It is suggested that emotion is required to be able to attain knowledge, although the quote itself is vague as to what type of knowledge can only be obtained through emotion. There is many different types of knowledge, as well as many different ways to obtain it. We can gain knowledge through the use of our own senses, knowledge can also be proven to be accurate and true through the use of scientific theories, there is also group knowledge, where there is a commonly held belief in civilization.
2) Does emotion help or hinder the process in which we obtain knowledge?
Different emotions ultimately can affect the way we can acquire knowledge, mainly talking about the extremes of our emotions. For example, if you are overly excited about something happening after school, this can have a knock on effect of other emotions, causing you to become irritable, impatient and unfocused. This would then mean your attention span may shorten, then leading to you not listening and fully taking in what your teacher is saying to you, this would therefore affect the level of knowledge you take in. Also, if you are outraged by something, you may act upon them purely through the emotion you are feeling as it is too powerful for you to assess the situation you are in. Emotion here plays a role in the way you acquire knowledge as it can impair your reasoning skills and cause you to act irrationally, if you were not feeling the extremes of this emotion you may evaluate the situation differently therefore causing you to act differently.