Man as Knower

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Man as Knower
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Three ideas on Knowledge

• By William Luijpen
• Robert O. Johann
• Sister Mary Aloysius

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William Luijpen

• 2 kinds of consciousness
• 1. pre-reflective- requires no thinking its
  something one simply knows its implicit and
  non-thematic
• - while considered lesser than reflective,
  it has value in that it is the basis of
  philosophical thought

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2. Reflective - something one thinks aboutit is
explicit and thematic - it is more
important than pre-reflective for it is knowledge
proper an explicitation
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2 Elements in knowing

• Subject termed also as neosis and
  being-outside-itself-with reality
• Object termed also as neoma and
  reality-of-the-object-to-which consciousness is
  present

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Consciousness is

• Never wrapped up in itself it is openness
• Intercourse with reality it is self-giving of
  the percieved, not through imagination nor
  dreaming
• Not pure passivity, which is usually illustrated
  by the mirror and the camera

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Viewpoint,Profile and Horizon

• Viewpoint is what subject sees
• Profile - is any part of the object the subject
  sees
• Horizon- refers to unity or background of
  meanings
• the more one has of viewpoints and profiles,
  the more one knows

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Immanent Act

• To Luijpen, it is an act which originates from
  the subject which I am and remains in me as my
  perfection

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Robert O. Johann

• Truth is the object of Knowledge
• 2 kinds of truth
• Objective truth of the object
• Subjective truth of the subject
• truth comes from reality and the person

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Sister Mary Aloysius

• Precisions in human knowing
• Openness of the human body
• Limited openness of the human body
• Use of point of view
• A certain infinitycharacterizing human knowing
• The finitude of human knowing
• knowing is one of the four basic human
  realities namely,language, ethical acting and
  feeling

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