THE PSYCHODYNAMICS OF EPISTEMIC PROCESS

Abstract

The notion that knowledge is either a priori or a posteriori, does not examine the role played by the human mind in ascertaining knowledge. It explains that knowledge is either gained through the help of the senses or intuitively via ideas without considering that there is a relationship between the mind, ideas, the senses, before we can judge and claim knowledge. The mind critically handles ideas or data that the senses bring or the ideas that intuitively comes from the mind. Thus, this article explains the active role the Human Mind plays in gaining, comprehending and assessing knowledge. It critically evaluates the activities of sifting and scrutinizing the mind employs in processing ideas or data to become knowledge.