KNOWLEDGE AND CURRICULAM

                                                   TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE

Introduction

My father has been telling me something since I was very little; That there are five types of knowledge, and you could know one thing in 5 different ways. The five types are: Empirical, Theological, Philosophical, Historical, and Experiential. Throughout this article, I will be using the example question; "how do we know the sun is always shining?"

Empirical - Science

Empirical knowledge is the kind of knowledge science studies. Wikipedia says that "Empiricism asserts that knowledge comes (only or primarily) via sensory experience." What that means is that empiricism is the knowledge of observation. You know the sun is shining, because you observe it shining every day. You also know it is shining because people around the globe also say it is always shining.

Theological - Religion

Theology is the study of religion, typically the christian religion. It would be the systemic study of religious texts, and drawing rational conclusions from what these texts say, and what we see in the world around us. In a simple sense, we would know the sun is always shining in this sense because the bible says it is so.

Philosophical - Reasoning

Philosophical knowledge would be the knowledge we get from reasoning things out or thinking. You know that 5+5=10 because you were taught that 7+3 and 4+6 equal 10, and that 5 is one less then 6, and one more then 4. We would know the sun is always shining because we never see the sun go out, we only see it set and rise. Therefore it is going somewhere else in that time but it does not stop shiningES OF KNOWLEDGE