How Does Knowledge Seek to Transform the World?

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"Some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world, whereas others seek to transform it." Explore this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge. How many times, often involving new technology, have we, as humans, heard that a new discovery was going to transform the world and the way we see it? This often includes a combination of study and research of physics, biology, mathematics, sociology, psychology, and many other areas of knowledge joined together to lead to one big transformation. But individually, to what extent does mathematics for example, seek to transform the world? Some may argue that the study of one area of knowledge alone merely describes the world and its endless hidden attributes, which us, as humans, rather innocently seek to unravel in…show more content…
The formula for finding the circumference of a circle for example, could be argued to have existed since forever, but only "recently" discovered, and so while many consider its discovery a way of transforming the world, others consider it another way to describe the wonderful hidden mysteries the world has to offer. In this essay, two areas of knowledge will be analysed in order to deduce if indeed whether some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world and others seek to transform it. The first area of knowledge to be analysed is The Arts. The Arts is closely linked to emotion and creative expressions and is a form of communication that individuals have manifested for thousands of years. Its significance resides on the fact that art is a direct reaction to the artists sociocultural environment at a specific time and place. The artist's work is a reflection of the spatiotemporal position of the artist but at the same time the generation of the art shapes up the artist's environment. An example of art that has transformed the world instead of describing it is more of an era, called "The
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