Pluto: The Importance Of Discovering New Information Or Facts
"It is more important to discover new ways of thinking about what is already known than to discover new data or facts". To what extent would you agree with this claim.”
Most philosophers observe the world around and perceive to outline rules to explain the human condition. Their observations do not come from a pre-determined knowledge, but rather from what they sense from the natural world. Their ideals, form perception, are to allow the advancement of the human condition. However, as the human race and understanding evolve through time, the philosopher’s ideals also change. We rediscover their perception of the past world, to allow the advancement of the modern world. This clearly shows how we need understand both aspect of knowledge, reevaluations and completely new understandings. …show more content…
Adding on to what we know can help us better analyze a certain situation and come to a conclusion on truth. As of 2006 many astronomers believe Pluto to no longer be a planet. This conclusion was brought to light because Eris, an object with 25% more mass than Pluto, was discovered. This new discovery lead to a change in our way of thinking. This shows the importance that gaining new data plays in developing a new way of thinking. Without this new knowledge, there would be no possibility that we could come to a conclusion that Pluto was not a planet. In this case, by only trying to discover a new way of thinking on an old data we lacked evidence and justification and operate on mere assumptions that discovery of new facts can helpfully provide, us with further
Most philosophers observe the world around and perceive to outline rules to explain the human condition. Their observations do not come from a pre-determined knowledge, but rather from what they sense from the natural world. Their ideals, form perception, are to allow the advancement of the human condition. However, as the human race and understanding evolve through time, the philosopher’s ideals also change. We rediscover their perception of the past world, to allow the advancement of the modern world. This clearly shows how we need understand both aspect of knowledge, reevaluations and completely new understandings. …show more content…
Adding on to what we know can help us better analyze a certain situation and come to a conclusion on truth. As of 2006 many astronomers believe Pluto to no longer be a planet. This conclusion was brought to light because Eris, an object with 25% more mass than Pluto, was discovered. This new discovery lead to a change in our way of thinking. This shows the importance that gaining new data plays in developing a new way of thinking. Without this new knowledge, there would be no possibility that we could come to a conclusion that Pluto was not a planet. In this case, by only trying to discover a new way of thinking on an old data we lacked evidence and justification and operate on mere assumptions that discovery of new facts can helpfully provide, us with further