"We see and understand things not as they are but as we are". Discuss this claim in relation to atleast two ways of knowing.

It is difficult to see something and judge it without being biased in some way. You will always apply your own experience and opinion into what you see/taste/smell/hear. As you grow up, you learn things through the 4 ways of knowing; emotion, perception/senses, language, and reason. This makes you see things that make you think in a particular way.

People don't really find things out by being there when something happens, they find things out through their nerves and 5 senses, which is one of the four ways of knowing. But how do you know if they are right? It is impossible to see/feel/taste what other people perceive because each person describes what they see subjectively. How do you know that you and someone else see the same red? Also, just because you can't hear/smell/taste/see something, doesn't mean that its not there because you are not the ruler of the universe. Your perception isn't as good as you think it is as there are things that are there, but that your brain just chooses to ignore, which then makes you think that it isn't there.

Reason is another one of the 4 ways of knowing which is greatly affected by our own opinions/experiences. If you have a certain opinion or view on something you always have a reason as to why you have that opinion and the experiences you encounter in life and how you are raised up help make up that reason. However, in the end, there is no real right or wrong answer in an opinion based argument so each person can think differently and understand something in their own way with their own reasoning behind it.

The reasons stated above are why we see and understand things not as they are but as we are.

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