General Knowledge Study Material

KNOWLEDGE AND STUDY

Knowledge is a true justified belief that is acquired by a method of context and reliability. A subjects belief counts as knowledge when they have good reason to have that belief. Trusting one’s sensory experience is a reliable method for acquiring beliefs in most context. If one trust one’s sensory experience, one will acquire beliefs about the external world which are false.

Study is an application of mind to the acquisition of knowledge, as by reading, investigation, or reflection; long hours of study. It is an effort to learn about any subject. It is an important part of learning, zealous endeavour or assiduous effort. Fixing the mind upon something, generally doing so with a view to some decision or action. Study implies an attempt to obtain a grasp of something by methodical or exhaustive thought: to study a problem.

There are still problems however, because each person needs conceptual truth relating himself and his own experience to other places, minds and times. The problem can be illustrated by concentrating anextending knowledge from Cartesian base to the present external world. We want general conceptual truths that relate persons, beliefs and sensations to the existence of external objects in such a way that each of us can use additional premises about himself and his own experience to deduce validly something about the existence of external physical objects on order to do this we must take into account the ways experience can mislead us about the external world. Knowledge of the future depends on being inferred from some precious evidence.

Study group also called as study circle is an informal gathering of people who hold meeting to exchange their thoughts on particular subject to gain knowledge.

Knowledge produced great personalities throughout history in every part of the world. Inventions have given us enormous control over our environment and enabled us to live better, easier and happier lives. Among other useful inventions, airplane was invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1903. A large number of Noblel prize winners has influenced the world, by dedicating and chemistry and also in peace.

Das Capital was Karl Marx’s major work. He spent about 30 years writing it. Today Marxism is the official ideology of China. North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba and Russian Federation. About 1 ½ billion people or about a third of the world’s population enjoy their human rights under Communist rule. Communist parties also operate in most non-Communist Countries. In Das Kapital Karl Marx says that “the economy should be controlled for the benefit of the society as a whole.” He argued convincingly that “all should share in decisions affecting their economic well being and advance social welfare and equality of opportunity.

Karl Marx (1818 – 1883) was a German philosopher, social scientist, and professional revolutionary. Few writers have had such a great and lasting influence on the world. Marx was the chief founder of two of the most powerful mass movements in history – democratic socialism and revolutionary communism.

Man has achieved such lasting respect due to knowledge and vast study.