Our first brush with Journalism

Today we were given an overview of the course, which explored the links between Journalism and Philosophy.It raised one of the most important questions that has puzzled man again and again; where do we get our knowledge from? The study of this is called Epistemology.
It would be impossible to say that one certain branch gives us our knowledge.You couldn't really argue that just the Greek philosophers gave us our knowledge, because periods of time like the Renaissance has also contributed, and discoveries in medicine has also contributed a huge deal.
Some people reading this may wonder what this had to do with Journalism. Your answer? Everything. As budding journalists, we have to report with great accuracy because we are responsible to give potentially millions of people what is happening in the world.
Another term that was floating around a lot was empiricism, which means the view that knowledge is only gained through experience. I think this is a valid point; without experience, you live with the knowledge you already know, and not learning more and furthering potential interests.
I think not only experience is important for gaining knowledge, but also time. For example, new topics and discoveries come around based on the fact that people are living in different ages and have to adapt to their surroundings, such as the Enlightenment and the Renaissance.
It was ever so interesting and can't wait to learn more!

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So, here I am, all grown up and attending university, sat at a beautiful iMac in my introduction to Journalism. I'm Maxine Hayden, and I come from the Isle of Wight; which was lovingly described to me last night as the "place to go to die" by one of my fellow freshers. I'm a typical fresher so far; drinking way too much and making friends with everyone on my floor. I hope the subject matter that will be posted on this blog will be enjoyable to you :)