Epistemology Mind Map

Correspondence

Real Life Example

Correspondence

The sun is the centre of our solar system. The earth rotates around the sun, making a full circle every single year. As humans on earth, we can see the sun; we can feel how hot it is shining down on us, how it can burn or tan our skin, and how it provides our ecosystems with liveable temperatures.

Our relationship with the sun gives us knowledge by accquaintance through correspondence to the world's natural environment as it is a key factor in how the world functions through affecting our climates and standards of living. As humans, we directly interact with the sun to survive even if we don't realize it.

Coherence

Real Life Example

Coherence

In regards to a large amount of people being affiliated with a certain object/topic, I'd like to use the importance of media and film as an example. More specificaly, in this year (2023), a health and wellness trend regarding the use of 'seamoss' has overtaken media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. It is said the seamoss contains 92 of 102 minerals needed for humanly functions.

"Started taking sea moss gel about 3-4 weeks ago and now my skin is glowing more than ever before," one nutritionist captioned on TikTok. "Energy levels are higher & gut health is doing better."

If such a large population of people are saying that this food is great for your health, should this not be true? This relates back to knowledge by acquaintance through the

personal consumption of seamoss and recieval

of its benefits spread by coherence; the

popular belief that seamoss is

good for you.

Pragmatism

Real Life Example

Pragmatism

Due to the fact that pragmatism is related to how a belief is true in correlation with how it is universally viewed, such as wether or not an apple is red depending on the universal understanding of what red is; I would like to relate this topic to the mayoral results for Olivia Chow being the new mayor of Toronto. A lot of people within Toronto have their own personal views on what is a 'good' mayor based on their own interactions and experiences with what previous mayors have done for Toronto in the past. Wether or not Olivia Chow is a good mayor to the population will be based on the theory of pragmatism, relating back to knowledge by acquantiance via how she will physically treat Toronto and how the citizens of Toronto will act/experience the outcomes.

Correspondence

Real Life Example

Correspondence

As a previous biology student, I would execute multiple labs involving the use of microscopes on single-celled organisms such as amoebas and blue-green algaes. By using my knowledge learnt in class through notes, I am able to deduct - with the use of a microscope - that the organisms declared as 'single-celled organisms' are indeed single-celled organisms v.i.a the interactions I've directly had with them and by examining their features.

By directly interacting with the subject, I was able to establish previously declared knowledge - that amoebas ARE indeed single celled organisms the way the majority of science-believing population prove them to be with corresponding lab tests that justify their knowledge.

Coherence

Real Life Example

Coherence

A popular belief based on declarative knowledge is that 'mistakes are the best way to improve'. This saying is heard a lot in school settings with workplace environments being a little less forgiving.

“People call those imperfections, but no, that’s the good stuff.” — Sean, Good Will Hunting (1998).

Since it's a popular and coherent belief that mistakes are the best way to improve, then, it must be true and factual, relating back to the fact that the knowledge is declarative and based on facts and learning experiences that are coherent throughout those raised

with similar values.

Pragmatism

Real Life Example

Pragmatism

A popular belief within the world is that everbody enters the world with the same opportunities, however, a lot of people have many different reactions with the world and discover the truth of this statement different depending on how they were brought up; economical status, background, disabilities and whatnot. To classify or declare a life as 'equal' to another, one must first look at eachother's "tabula rasa" - John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689).

Based on the world's different views on concepts such as compatibilism and determinism (life being predetermind for you before you are born), the truth is only determined based on the individual interactions between a person

and their experiences in the world despite

'equal opportunity' being declared

in human sciences.

Correspondence

Real Life Example

Correspondence

As a society, we are expected as citizens of whichever country we live in to be a worker and a provider for our economy. We are expected to at least work for someone wether we are citizens or travelers; we are expected to provide in some way for the economy if we are living in it. Things such as these are monitored via tax reports which we are required to file, otherwise we get fined.

Being a worker for our society corresponds with how our economy and civilizations are run; the act of working and providing for our countries is in fact objective to most and essential to upkeeping a stable society.

Coherence

Real Life Example

Coherence

it is a popular belief that, as a woman, you must present yourself as 'feminine' otherwise a man won't like you. Growing up as a girl, I was always distraught between appearing as feminine or simply appearing the way I wanted to. Girls (who) would be excpected to appear feminine by wearing makeup (what), dressing nicely, all for the male gaze (why) wether they wanted to or not. Since it's such a common belief, why should it not be true? Thankfully, over the years, amazing female role models have stood up against this stereotype so that girls could be raised in happier and healthier environments to fix the coherent belief that it takes a feminine woman to succeed in the act of being a woman.

Pragmatism

Real Life Example

Pragmatism

The knowledge of what makes a 'good person' is based on who they are and why their aspirations are what they are. This knowledge is known to be biased as everybody has their own examples of good and bad. As a student in a learning environment, there's the act of being a good student and not being a good student that is essential to obtaining good marks that I aim for. In media, it is often seen that a good student is one who is already smart, such as the 1996 family/comedy film titled 'Matilda', where a young genius is depicted as a stellar student amongst more 'average' students who aren't born as prodigies. Thus, to some people, who, what, and why someone is a good student may be based on wether or not they're already smart, while some people may base it off wether or not they put in hard work and effort into their studies.

Correspondence

Real Life Example

Correspondence

Over the years, scientific reasearch has enabled people to learn about how they can care for their environment. This in general relates to correspondence through our reaction and relationship with the world's environment around us and how knowledge we gain can essentially correspond to the world's health.

research from Nasa states that "reducing global emissions over the next 50 years to meet the goal of the Paris Agreement to keep global warming under 2°C through the end of the century would prevent about 4.5 million premature deaths, 1.4 million hospitalizations and emergency room visits, 300 million lost workdays, 1.7 million." - Nasa 2021, Reducing Emissions to Lessen Climate Change.

We as humans understand that learning how to

aid the health of our world corresponds to our

environments actually becoming

healthier through our actions.

Coherence

Real Life Example

It is well known and communicated throughout the world that anybody can get better at a skill if they put in more time and effort. As a personal experience, I am an artist who has grown up practicing how to draw. Despite many people saying that I was 'gifted' at birth with drawing skills, that simply remains false. Throughout the artist community, it is well known that it takes discipline and effort to reach your goals in cultivating an art style or improving your sketching skills. This belief comes directly from the experienced artist community, thus it may be true, relating to the knowledge of 'how to draw art' as being the coherent answer for how to develop the skill.

Coherence

Pragmatism

Real Life Example

Pragmatism

The process of how you become successful is very sought after by many people who would like to live lives full of happiness and/or purposes. Many celebrities and well known social figures answer these questions, and here are some of their varying views;

“Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” – Coco Chanel

“If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” – Tony Robbins

“There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Aristotle

As seen here, everybody has a different way of communcating or viewing the process of how to become successful. Thus, the process of becoming

successfull varies for everyone.