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BSc Cognitive Science. Cognitive Anthropology, (2COG305) Is there any such thing as theory free data? Man receives data from many sources & in various forms. There is the information received from the 'exterior' such as the world about us; through different media, for instance newspapers, television or radio, & from more educational resources such as books, teachers or the internet. There is the data received through childhood, from parents, siblings, other family, school friends, & possibly from a priest or rabbi or chief, this last one depending on the culture one is born into. We also continue to obtain & process data throughout our adult life. Simply, we process what we can see, what we can taste, touch and smell & hear, but as Gregory (1996) says, our knowledge is not limited to that which we perceive through our senses. There are things that we 'know' of and can understand even though they...

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