{"id":255,"date":"2009-12-12T12:44:46","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T12:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tameraktas.com\/wptest\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/12\/bilgi-gercedi-thekillendirir\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T19:47:42","slug":"bilgi-gercegi-sekillendirir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-motivasyon.net\/en\/bilgi-gercegi-sekillendirir.html","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Shapes Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Knowledge Shapes Truth<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

\u201cYery\u00fcz\u00fcndeki insan say\u0131s\u0131 kadar ger\u00e7ek vard\u0131r\u201d der Guy de Maupassant. Ve her ger\u00e7e\u011fin arkas\u0131nda onu yorumlayan, \u015fekillendiren ve hatta onu d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015ft\u00fcren bir \u2018bilin\u00e7\u2019 mevcuttur. Dolay\u0131s\u0131yla ya\u015famda ger\u00e7ek dedi\u011fimiz \u015fey, bak\u0131\u015f a\u00e7\u0131m\u0131za g\u00f6re bi\u00e7im alan bireysel bir alg\u0131lama tarz\u0131d\u0131r. Bu subjektif alg\u0131y\u0131 belirleyen ise ya\u015fam boyunca edindi\u011fimiz \u2018bilgi\u2019lerdir. Ger\u00e7e\u011fi alg\u0131lay\u0131\u015f\u0131m\u0131z\u0131 etkileyen ve onu belirleyen \u2018bilgi\u2019nin edinilmesinde birinci unsur k\u00fclt\u00fcrel ve toplumsal ko\u015fulland\u0131rmalard\u0131r. \u0130\u00e7inde bulundu\u011fumuz toplumun ve k\u00fclt\u00fcr\u00fcn i\u00e7inde \u015fekillenir ve kal\u0131plara gireriz. Dolay\u0131s\u0131yla olaylara ve durumlara, o bak\u0131\u015f a\u00e7\u0131s\u0131ndan bakmaya al\u0131\u015f\u0131r\u0131z. D\u00fcnyaya a\u00e7\u0131lan penceremiz haline gelirler zamanla.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Being Western, Eastern, Turkish, Muslim or Buddhist directly affects our perception of the world. Because all these determine our process of making sense of the experiences we live. As different consciousness structures under each identity, we look at the situation we call 'reality' from different angles. Therefore, it becomes impossible to speak of an impartial, pure reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bilginin insan\u0131 \u00f6zg\u00fcrle\u015ftirdi\u011fi \u00e7a\u011flardan bilginin insan\u0131 tutsak etti\u011fi bir zamana gelmi\u015f bulunmaktay\u0131z. G\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fcz\u00fcn bilgi ve ileti\u015fim \u00e7a\u011f\u0131nda, bilgiyi art\u0131k oldu\u011fu gibi toplamak ve kullanmak yerine bilgiyi s\u00fczge\u00e7ten ge\u00e7irip, \u00f6z ve sa\u011fl\u0131kl\u0131 bilgiye ula\u015fmak \u00f6nemli hale gelmi\u015ftir. \u00d6zellikle de bilginin hangi kaynaktan ve bizlere ne \u015fekilde geldi\u011finin fark\u0131nda olmak gereklidir. G\u00fcn\u00fcm\u00fczde bize y\u00f6nelik yap\u0131lan bilgi transferinde b\u00fcy\u00fck olas\u0131l\u0131kla bizi belirli bir \u015fekilde d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnmeye, ya\u015famaya ve harekete ge\u00e7irmeye y\u00f6nelik \u201csistematik bir ama\u00e7\u201d bulunmaktad\u0131r (bu yaz\u0131da bile \ud83d\ude42 O nedenle bize ula\u015fan hemen her bilgiye daha \u015f\u00fcpheci ve daha dikkatli yakla\u015fmam\u0131z gerekmektedir.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another reason why knowledge shapes the perception of reality is the academic education process we have been through. For example, the structural differences in Western and Eastern worldviews also determine their educational processes. This leads to different perception and interpretation of reality. RE Nisbett explains this situation in his book titled \u201cGeography of Thought\u201d as follows: \u201cA person with a Western way of thinking perceives an event according to a cause-effect (determinism) relationship and as a series of linear lines (linear). There is a tendency to simplify, abstract, and classify the cause of an event or behavior. As a result, this systematic way of thinking of the West makes it difficult to see "holistic" and develops a one-sided way of thinking.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Knowledge shapes and transforms reality. Sometimes it makes simple things very difficult to understand. What shapes and recreates reality is learned knowledge that shapes our thinking. The story "Stove" is a good example in expressing how knowledge affects our interpretation of reality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A delegation of physicists, mathematicians, chemists, geologists and anthropologists is on site for a research. Suddenly it rains. They took refuge in the nearby home of a land. The host leaves a little to offer them something. All the attention is focused on the stove. The stove is 1 m from the floor. up to the top, on the stones lined up below. A discussion ensues as to why the stove might have been set up like this.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The chemist: "The man lowered the activation energy by raising the stove, so he aimed to burn it more easily."<\/strong>
\nPhysicist: \u201cThe man must have wanted to raise the stove so that the room heats up faster through convection.\u201d<\/strong>
\nGeologist: \u201cSince this is a region of tectonic activity, it aimed to reduce the possibility of fire by making the stove collapse on the stones in case of an earthquake.\u201d<\/strong>
\nThe mathematician: \u201cHe set the stove in the geometric center of the room, thus ensuring that the room was properly heated.\u201d<\/strong>
\nAntropolog: \u201cAdam ilkel topluluklarda g\u00f6r\u00fclen ate\u015fe tapman\u0131n daha hafif bi\u00e7imi olan ate\u015fe sayg\u0131 nedeniyle sobay\u0131 yukar\u0131ya kurmu\u015f olmal\u0131\u201d, der.<\/strong>
\nMeanwhile, the owner of the house comes in and they ask him why the stove is up. The man replies: "The pipe was not enough, sir!"<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tayfun Topalo\u011flu<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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References:\u00a0Richard E. Nisbett (2003) \u201cD\u00fc\u015f\u00fcncenin Co\u011frafyas\u0131\u201d Varl\u0131k Yay\u0131nlar\u0131, \u0130stanbul.<\/em><\/p>\n

Warrior of Truth<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n