The truth that each one of us know is given to us through Ways of Knowledge; Reason, Language, Emotion, and Sense Perception. In order to achieve truth, we need to keep a balance between each of these ways of knowledge and to have the correct assumption of the input that our ways of knowledge give us. Truth is a fact that can be verified in our eyes received from the balanced Ways of Knowledge; however this definition of truth is one of the various definitions on the globe, therefore this statement is only agreed by people with the same PoV (Point of View).
Reason, Language, Emotion, and Sense Perception are all the Ways of Knowledge and therefore all need to be used equally creating a balance between them. If this balance is broken or unequal, information input in our brain wouldn't be as accurate as it would be when it is balanced. For example, "The European School Lunch Schedule" indicates that on Tuesday we receive Spaghetti for lunch; however, at the point of the entrance it smelled exactly like Rice and Beans . Due to the fact that it smelled like Rice and Beans, using Reason over all others due to the Schedule, we all sighed. In the end, we did receive Spaghetti. Another similar example, the Lunch Schedule stated there would be Pasta on Thursday; however at the point of entrance it smelled like Rice and Beans, we all quickly figured through reason that we are getting Rice and Beans. In the end, through reason that in the past similar situations occurred in which the Schedule didn't seem to keep its word, we assumed that there would be Rice and Beans and we were correct. However, it was a use of an unbalanced WoK which proved to achieve truth but with a little bit of luck because not always the reason above others can achieve truth.
If the balance between the Ways of Knowledge is maintained, then the information input in our brain would be more accurate then the opposite. For example, my girlfriend texts me saying, "I'm with my girlfriend shopping". If I use language, i'll assume that she is cheating on me with a girl. However if I combine Language with Reason, I'll assume that she is gone out shopping with her friend which is a girl due to the fact that she is straight. If I combine Language and Reason with Emotion, I'll assume that she is out with her friend which is a girl because she is straight and she wouldn't ever cheat on me because she loves me. If I combine Language, Reason, and Emotion with Sense Perception, I'll assume that she is out with her friend which is a girl because she is straight, won't ever cheat on me because she loves me and that her personality isn't identified as someone who would cheat because she is faithful and loyal. In the end, she was actually shopping with her friend which happens to be a girl. A witness to the shopping had verified it, and therefore truth was achieved by the combination and balance of all four Ways of Knowledge.
"Truth is a fact that is verified", this is a very common definition on the globe, however there are many other definitions and beliefs that contradict this definition. There is another common and skeptic definition of truth, "Truth is unknowable, because truth is a fact that can never be contradicted." This definition of truth is very valuable and therefore makes a point that, No WoK can achieve truth. According to this definition, it’s a fact, which has been proved throughout history that all the facts or discoveries that were verified were contradicted later on in time. People with Skeptic beliefs and people who share the same PoV, would be the ones to agree with this statement. Others who share the same PoV that truth, a fact that that is verified, can be achieved through the balance of the Ways of Knowledge, will be the ones to agree with this statement.
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