The infinite need for knowledge: Traits of the philosophy of knowledge

By simple nature of life, the human being has always sought to know, reason that makes knowledge turn into a human need of transcendental importance, importance that lies in the fact even in advancing in many future aspects of our generations.

To analyze a little about this need, it is necessary that we observe in our environment, to diagnose the most common recreational activities that we commonly carry out:

- To talk about music, for example, you have to know what you are talking about.

Music is an art almost of innate manifestation of the human being, that transcended in its roots to become a fundamental piece as human entertainment, beyond the conviction that music is a source of entertainment, it is necessary to emphasize that it has also served as a form of expression for protest, love, daily life and other aspects that are common within our cultures.

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Although we think that the knowledge of music helps us to choose the music that is fashionable, we are falling short in the thought of knowing, because if we transcend in that fact we realize that the knowledge of music has to complement in its essence and its roots, so that in many cases in which music is spoken there is no knowledge beyond our knowledge.

- Different ways of knowing

We can all come to know and converge on the same areas, others can know about different aspects of others and even reach knowledge beyond the reach of many, now the question is

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How were these knowledge acquired?

In my opinion and what the experience of life has taught me, all the knowledge does not have a common origin, if it is true that the majority of knowledge has sought to have an academic, scientific and philosophical origin, but what about innate knowledge? , that is to say those that are learned by the simple essence of human character, of being able to learn about their own thought and experiences, this type of knowledge is to which I think it is necessary to put special importance to them, since they do not let themselves be governed by existing models, but that mark a mark for others to follow and continue to build new ways of thinking that become true knowledge.

All this related to what if there are different ways of acquiring knowledge? I can come to the conclusion that we can acquire knowledge by different areas, even those different areas brings us to the diversity of knowledge.

From very young we are incorporated into academic studies, going from basic elementary studies to university studies. During this journey we have learned about mathematics, Spanish Language and Literature, Nature Sciences, Social Sciences, Music, Drawing, Technology, some Religion, languages ​​and other disciplines; in short, we already know many things.

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We also know people who have not studied and are not ignorant: they know about the elements of their work and many others
matters related to life. All this is related to what I mentioned earlier, that there are different ways of acquiring knowledge, and in turn the ability we have to perform in everyday activities.

We can now ask ourselves what we mean by "knowing" in its double meaning, that is, as the action that it involves (infinitive of the verb) and as definition and types of the same (noun). We are also going to investigate how the different knowledges we study can be classified and what place philosophy occupies among them, their origin and their specificity.

Bases that support the article.

Human need to know:

The origin of everything we know as knowledge, begins as an origin within the need that the human being has had to know. thus begins the Metaphysics of Aristotle (Greece, 384-322 a.C.)

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This need to know lies in the fact that we are the only ones capable of asking and asking ourselves, and the only ones that we know are going to die. These are all reasons why we want to "by nature know" and need to be educated.

We want to know to know reality and get to know it, and we want
also guide our life to be happy. We can ignore many things, because they are not indispensable to preserve our life, nor our physical and mental health; and others, even, are not even important to achieve a happy life. But there are others whose ignorance can harm us and even truncate our life; and others that, if we ignore them, will lead us to unhappiness. It is therefore essential to know what we want, to mark our paths and horizons, to make us the necessary elements of knowledge and knowledge, and even to discard the knowledge that we do not need to achieve our goals.

What is it to know?

The term "to know" comes from the Latin verb sapere, which means both "to know" and "to savor". In this sense, knowing is tasting things, tasting them and distinguishing their components. This term can also be used as a synonym for "knowing" and "knowledge", although knowing and knowing is not exactly the same. If we deepen this concept we can realize that as we enjoy the things that life offers us, we are savoring our learning, we enjoy it, we put it into practice and we become masters of different knowledge.

Final considerations.

I conclude the article with a small reflection, I think that in order to know we must start from the principle that we know nothing, the fact of accepting ignorance in many aspects leads us to the need in the first place to think and meditate, in that thought many contributions that will be part of the new knowledge of the future. When our thirst for knowledge is not satisfied with our thinking abilities is when we resort to the study of research, inquiry and learn about other sources that allow us to know new knowledge.

Once we lock ourselves in believing that we know everything, then we will be closing the windows of new horizons of knowledge and knowledge. Because we have to search if we already know everything, and the reality is that we do not know all the mystery that our infinite universe hides.

Thanks to the entire steemit community, for allowing me this space to be able to express my ideas and thoughts, I hope it will be of the taste and appreciation of all those who can read this article.

Greetings.

Bibliographic reference consulted:

• Philosophy. Adela Cortina Orts. Begoña Domené Martínez.Domingo García Marzá. Emilio Martínez Navarro. Amparo Muñoz Ferriol. Norberto Smilg Vidal. Editorial Santillana.