ANALYSIS, KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION, THOUGHT, LANGUAGE

ANALYSIS- from the Greek word 'analusis' which means to breakdown; it is the process of breaking down topic to gain better understanding.

Three Main Ways of Forming Analysis

• Explication- which was so called carnap who work largely in the construction of symbolic language. Taking part by part to understand well.
• Redefinition- replacing or simplifying term
• Illustration- taking its opposite view to a better comprehension.

KNOWLEDGE- defined as the expertise acqired by a preson through experince and education.

Other Sources of Knowledge

• customs and tradition
• sense perception
• intuition

Four Matters of Facts

• that somethig exist
• that something can be known
• that there is something which matter;
• that something include the foregoing statements.

PERCEPTION- is the process of attaining awareness or undrestandig of sensory information.

- receiving, collecting, taking possession, and apprehension with the mind.

THOUGHT- act of thinking, which one thinks, opinions or reflection.

Psychologists who shares their knowledge about Thought

• Titchener- used to report what came into his head when he was using certain ideas.
• Hume- used introspecting to discover what the self looked like.
• Ryle- used to asked the question about the concept.

LANGUAGE- it is an abstract system of wordmeaning and symbols of all aspects of culture. It includes speech written character, numerals and symbols, gestures and expressions of non-verbal communication.

Three Ingredients of Situation

• object
• sign
• interpreter