Theory of Knowledge
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Essay 4: Does language plays roles of equally importance in different areas of knowledge?
In order to claim that we know something we must first define how we know it. There are four widely accepted ways of acquiring knowledge, through our senses and observation, through reasoning and logic, through authority and finally through intuition and revelation. However in order to acquire, produce and communicate knowledge we need the use of language.
Language, spoken or written, is our mainly means of communication. Is transmitted through learning and is a part of our culture. Only human can speak. A trait that set us apart from the rest of the animal kingdom, and brings us together with each other. No other animal, make use of such complex means of communication. Primates like apes and monkeys make use of a natural system of communication, called “call system”, consisting of limited number of vocal sounds highly dependable on......
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