To understand something you need to rely on your own experience and culture. Does this mean that it is impossible to have objective knowledge?

... Topic Question: To understand something you need to rely on your own experience and culture. Does this mean that it is impossible to have objective knowledge? Exploration and discovery of objective knowledge is the core of much of human intellectual activity. Here, knowledge can be defined as an information that knower holds. The objective knowledge is highly valued by an individual and a community as 'truth' that all humankind can share and build their intellectual living upon. I as a knower personally know that, for example, that minimum score of 24 is required to pass IB Diploma and that Thailand in fact is not as dangerous as many people think she is. The understanding pursued by the use of the four ways of knowing- emotion, reason, language and sense perception- on a surface appears objective to many people. The statement "To understand something you need to rely on your own experience

want to read more? →