Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Knowledge: Subjective OR Objective?!

 
It has always been claimed that knowledge is objective, that is, it is based on facts without being biased towards or against someone, a people, a country, a history of a nation; and is not subjective, that is, it is not based on facts, and being so biased towards or against someone, a people, a country, a history of a nation.

Yet, the truth of the matter is, as I searched and researched in different internet websites whether Arabic or English, I get shocked by the conflict of information, especially in some English well-trusted Encyclopedias and Dictionaries (this goes for different websites). There occurs some kind of injustice towards the Muslims' efforts, or Arabs' discoveries and inventions.

Isn't this considered as a kind of manipulation of facts? Particularly when we, Muslims and Arabs, have our own resources when it comes to our dear-beloved language or even history. The problem is that these references are being used as reliable resources by both Arabs and Non-Arabs, and here the misunderstanding occurs.

Inspired

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