Issue177 第四次作业

leongfishUID: 2176854

1 学习一门学科可以纠正我们认识的幼稚及错误之处
2 学习一门学科可以加深我们对世界的认识
3 学习一门学科还能加强我们改造社会的能力

TOPIC：ISSUE 177 - "The study of an academic discipline alters the way we perceive the world. After studying the discipline, we see the same world as before, but with different eyes."
WORDS：450          TIME：0:54:47          DATE：2006-1-20

As a process of acquiring new knowledge and gaining the abilities to perform new behaviors, learning an academic discipline not only alters the way we perceive the world, but also develop the methods by which we reconstruct the world.

Every discipline could help us realize the childish faults in our set point of views. When we encounter a new idea or notion, we tend to form a simple good-or-bad opinion about it--which is always too partial to be precise and would probably companies us from then on. Fortunately, the knowledge of a specific discipline would correct such a prejudiced idea. For example, every child is born with a belief of selfish or egoism. By learning the sociology, we realize that every single person is just one single component of the society, which lead to more rational standpoints: collectivism and nationalism. Also, the study of science discipline could redefine some concepts which we once misunderstand, like "what the universe really is", or "where is human originate on earth?"

On the other hand, the knowledge in the books summarized by our ancestors will deepen our   comprehension about the outside world, so it offers another way to see the world. Since learning a discipline is just like construction--from the base to the superstructure, which is a continuous and developing process, we could keep on absorbing in advanced views about how the world works. For instance, an undergraduate of physics will get a profound cognition about the essence of the substance after he/she learn the quantum mechanics which provides a method combining macroscopic and microcosmic theories, no longer insisting on the classic Newton mechanics. Also, a student of art would learn to appreciate the painting works from more angles: besides the content and the pigment, what kind of emotion is the painter plan to reveal? And what is the historical background which may give readers a glimpse of the temporal social condition?

However, the study of a discipline also alters the way we reconstruct the outside world（which is based on the adequate understanding of the world）, since it is the direct reason why we engage in learning. The study of technology would provide us with some new methods to create tools and equipment which enhance our force to rebuild the nature. Also the study of humanities encourage us to try new ways to improve the civilization: for example the discipline of laws will introduce people with democratic ideas thus lead to the reform of some illogical policies. Conversely, the experience we gain from the practice will remarkably counteract on our comprehension thus further promote it.

In conclusion, the study of an academic discipline offers different ways we understand and alter the world.

[ 本帖最后由 staralways 于 2006-1-24 19:23 编辑 ]

zhangheng1020UID: 2130513

As a process of acquiring new knowledge and gaining the abilities to perform new behaviors, learning an academic discipline not only alters the way we perceive the world, but also develop the methods by which we reconstruct the world.

Every discipline could help us realize the childish faults in our set point of views. When we encounter a new idea or notion, we tend to form a simple good-or-bad opinion about it--which is always too partial to be precise and would probably companies us from then on. Fortunately, the knowledge of a specific discipline would correct such a prejudiced idea. For example, every child is born with a belief of selfish or egoism. By learning the sociology, we realize that every single person is just one single component of the society, which lead to more rational standpoints: collectivism and nationalism. Also, the study of science discipline could redefine some concepts which we once misunderstand, like "what the universe really is", or "where is human originate on earth?"

On the other hand, the knowledge in the books summarized by our ancestors will deepen our comprehension about the outside world, so it offers another way to see the world. Since learning a discipline is just like construction--from the base to the superstructure, which is a continuous and developing process, we could keep on absorbing in advanced views about how the world works. For instance, an undergraduate of physics will get a profound cognition about the essence of the substance after he/she learn the quantum mechanics which provides a method combining macroscopic and microcosmic theories, no longer insisting on the classic Newton mechanics. Also, a student of art would learn to appreciate the painting works from more angles: besides the content and the pigment, what kind of emotion is the painter plan to reveal? And what is the historical background which may give readers a glimpse of the temporal social condition?

However, the study of a discipline also alters the way we reconstruct the outside world（which is based on the adequate understanding of the world）, since it is the direct reason why we engage in learning. The study of technology would provide us with some new methods to create tools and equipment which enhance our force to rebuild the nature. Also the study of humanities encourage us to try new ways to improve the civilization: for example the discipline of laws will introduce people with democratic ideas thus lead to the reform of some illogical policies. Conversely, the experience we gain from the practice will remarkably counteract on our comprehension thus further promote it.

In conclusion, the study of an academic discipline offers different ways we understand and alter the world.

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[ 本帖最后由 zhangheng1020 于 2006-1-24 18:08 编辑 ]