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Monkeys and Morality: Crash Course Psychology #19

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How does one “know” something in this way of knowing?

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How does one “know” something in this way of knowing?

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Knowing through emotion comes in forms of ethical and moral understandings, perception of others emotions, emotional radars, etc. Through emotion we gain knowledge and understanding of moral and ethical principles because without it we would have no grasp on these principles. We use emotion to empathize with others and understand their situations, sometimes we can gain knowledge of their emotions through facial features. We also use emotion as a sort of radar or alarm, for example; fear. When we know that we are in danger our emotions tell us that we are afraid and that we should go hide. The picture above shows Maslow's hierarchy of needs. This relates to how we know knowledge because each step of the pyramid depicts our emotional needs as well as physical. Without emotion we would not have this hierarchy because everything above physiological needs and safety needs is based on human emotion. Thus emotion gives us knowledge of priorities and needs.

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How is this considered knowledge and not belief?

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How is this considered knowledge and not belief?

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Ways of knowing through emotion is considered knowledge because our emotion is a factor of our mind and consciousness that gives meaning to everything we do. We have knowledge that we feel certain emotions and therefore we can explore how our emotions help us learn. The image above shows a wheel of social and emotional learning core competencies. These show the areas of mind and emotion we use to learn. Self-management, self-awareness, social-awareness, relationship skills and responsible decision making all work together to help us gain knowledge

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Where is the authority of this type of knowledge located?

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Where is the authority of this type of knowledge located?

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The authority of this type of knowledge is located within personal experience. We use our own emotions and experiences to help us gain knowledge. The quote above from Epictetus is a perfect way to put it into words, we can have knowledge of events without emotion but emotion is what helps us learn from those events and relate them to other situations we may come across in our lives.

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Is this way of knowing rational or empirical? 

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Is this way of knowing rational or empirical? 

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I believe this way of knowing is empirical. Although you could argue that our moral principles are human nature and we are born with them: implying rationalism, our emotions and moral principles are formed through experiences and learning. This video helps us understand the 3 stages of morality: preconventional, conventional, and postconventional. As we grow up our experiences helps us to gain a stronger sense of our personal morality and what we believe is right and wrong. Our morality and our emotions are simultaneously changing all the time, therefore making the emotional way of knowledge empirical.

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Is truth absolute or relative in this way of knowing?

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Is truth absolute or relative in this way of knowing?

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Knowledge through emotion is a relative way of knowing; unlike absolute where something such as death is inevitable, emotion can change the truth depending on individual factors, demographic factors and societal factors. Depicted in the picture above is a diagram of how we use these factors to sway our truth and knowledge. For example; if you are a millennial you are more likely to not be as religious based on the change happening in society through the ages that changes our emotions on certain topics.

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What do famous philosophers/knowledge-seekers say about this way of knowing?

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What do famous philosophers/knowledge-seekers say about this way of knowing?

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Aristotle believed that knowledge was the key to happiness, and his quote in the image above speaks lots about his views on knowledge. The quote implies that without emotion, knowledge wouldn't have a purpose. Our emotions drive our need for knowledge and understanding; whether it's for personal purposes like getting a job or wanting to feed our consciousness with more understandings of the universe.

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 Overall, do you consider this way of knowing a “valid” form of knowing and reaching the truth?

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 Overall, do you consider this way of knowing a “valid” form of knowing and reaching the truth?

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This is a very valid form of reaching the truth. Our emotions drive our want and need for knowledge and they help us come to conclusions through morality, perception and feelings. Emotions help us make decisions that we wouldn't be able to make without them; for example the Heinz dilemma stated in the video provided, this scenario asks you to answer if Heinz was right or wrong to steal the medicine for his dying wife. Without emotion we wouldn't be able to come to a decision; do you let the wife die or commit a crime? We rely on our morality to answer this question therefore using it as a way to reach the truth. There are many situations like this one that require our emotional input to be able to come to a conclusion which means that emotion is a valid form of knowledge and reaching the truth.

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