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Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust. Discuss…
Accepting knowledge claims always involves an element of trust. Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge.
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Key Terms
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Trust
Is a level of reliability and confidence in the transaction between knowledge producer and consumer?
Discuss
Provide a thorough and balanced analysis that involves a variety of arguments, causes and assumptions.
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Action Term
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Maths
Mathematics is an area of knowledge where trust plays a major role in the acquisition and production of knowledge. Mathematics is factual in nature and trust is required when sharing factual knowledge. For e.g :- one mathematician must have trust in another when cross referencing new formulas.
On the other hand, trust is not required in mathematics at all. Because mathematics is purely factual there is no choice for the knower to trust it or not. They innately have to agree with the knowledge hence trust is never questioned or present. For example an expression such as (a+b)^2 = a^2 + b^2 + 2ab. An equation like this is followed instead of accepted based on trust as it is purely factual and has no counter claim.
Human Sciences
Human sciences is one area of knowledge where trust does play a major role in the accepting knowledge. This is due to the fact that not all knowledge in Human sciences is completely based on facts. For example in in economics you have theories that may explain the behavior of consumers in the market. But because this knowledge has to do with human behavior it is not always correct as humans are very unpredictable creature, hence to accepts economic theories there is a level of trust involved.
Human sciences may require a certain amount of trust however, that is not always the case. For example in psychology, a test is done with a large sample space of people to ensure accuracy since trusting someone does not guarantee what they are saying will be true..