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                                                                       Indira Yerdenova,L6 IB

Are some ways of knowing more likely than others to lead                 to truth?

What is the truth? There are a lot of definitions in the world  , and none of them can exactly say and explain what this word really means. In my opinion people are the ones who define the truth. They can choose in what to believe,  what is right and what is wrong. Truth differs from the well-known facts , for example that Earth rotates around its axis. Truth is not knowledge. Every single person in the world can find «his truth» using his emotions. sense perception or his/her language. Those ways of knowing can affect our  understanding of truth, but it has always been better to have your own view on this world and have a personal.

Considering all four ways of knowing, the three that are most important for me are language, sense perception and emotions. Those are different to each other but putting them together can greatly simplify the way to the truth. They can help with the process of understanding the things in your own way and end up with your own view on the subjects, because language is more about meaning and talking, while the sense perception is related to seeing and believing.

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Firstly I look at the language. This way of knowing is the main bond between the minds of people on the planet. Thinking of the truth in terms of language the first thing that pops into my head is the brain-working process. During this process we talk to ourselves, make decisions and other variety of things that one can imagine.

Without language people are weak. How much could they know about what is going on around them or just what is going on in the world if people had no language or no means with communicating with each other? ...

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