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“It is Only Knowledge Produced With Difficulty That We Truly Value.”
Knowledge is the acquisition of values and skills associated with understanding the relationship between the available data and the validity given accorded to it using the existing theories (Allen 365-365). I do not agree with the statement that we only acknowledge information learned through the hard way. Axioms are established facts that are accepted as they are based on reliable evident (Office 30-31). Mathematics is one of the fields that relies much on evidence to distinguish between the truths and false. Its position makes it fall under the knowledge that is acquired in a difficult way. However, arts such as religion and languages is a field that uses assumptions and beliefs to display knowledge. Both the two field (pure science and arts) qualifies to be are of knowledge and nothing is near close to the argument that “it is only knowledge produced with difficulty that we truly value.” The theories used in the field of arts such as those in philosophy counts much in the lives of human beings thus being valued by many just as the knowledge acquired in pure sciences and from practical experiments in laboratories and the deriving of formulae in mathematics. Understanding the validity of this argument can help the readers to weigh their preferences as far as knowledge acquisition is concerned thus helping in reducing the superiority that might be directed towards some fields when compared to others.

The paper aims at distinguishing the argument of the topic from the realistic circumstance in the real world scenario where knowledge produced in simple ways are valued just like those produced in a challenging manner. Furthermore, the paper shall use an example of mathematics to represent the field of sciences and other disciplines to reflect the arts, which are believed to be simple by most people.
In mathematics, intuition is a way of acquiring knowledge in mathematics that is produced in a simple way. For instance, a student can predict the next terms of sequence barely by looking at the first few terms. This kind of learning seen in mathematics does not prove the argument put forward on the type of knowledge that people value. Mathematics is one of the subjects in pure science, and some theories have been employed to make it easy for working out sums. A good example is the Pythagoras Theory on geometry which has been used for years. Although Mathematics is seen as a difficult subject, the theories make it easy to understand yet it is loved by many scholars as it is applied in almost all disciplines of learning (Long, 13-15). The concept in mathematics is believed to be arrived at through the use of formal proof that is beyond good reason. However, there is no place where the proved concepts have displayed their evidence since most of the knowledge in Mathematics is just viable because of the rules that are used hence making it hard to have evidence but to be viewed as axioms. Understanding the rules make the learning process to be formal and acceptable thus being easy for the learners to understand as there is consistency. Such existence in other hard subjects such as physics still makes it easy for the learners to acquire the knowledge that they desire in an enjoyable manner as opposed to a difficulty way that people believes.
Statistics show that intuition, which is mostly used in arts is applied in most life scenarios. For instance, a doctor will only hear what the patient has to explain regarding their health position to get the right medication. Therefore, the physician will not be in a position to provide evidence or to dismiss the claims. (Huxley and Huxley, N.p) Such an example is commonly applicable in arts where evidence does not carry much weight in having knowledge about something since knowledge is based on human experience. The knowledge in arts takes is equally preferred by the learners, yet it is produced in the simplicity way as opposed to the belief that the difficult acquired knowledge is prioritized. Hitchens argues that literary work should be dismissed since it lacks the empirical support and the required reasoning, hence falling under private knowledge. There is no legitimacy in such argument as the only point being driven home in such statement implies that the information learned in a hard way becomes the most important. The literacy work that is based on theories and human experience are very vital to the human life since many areas borrow such information for the welfare of the human race. For instance, poems do not need to have empirical evidence to be a form of knowledge, but they are used to pass across important messages to the readers. One can use the message from the private knowledge to relate to the life situation thus being able to avoid mistakes and developing on their strengths. For instance, in the porphyria’s Lover poem, the knowledge derived in the poem is formed on the subjective response since there is no surety if the author is in frustrated disbelief or is frustrated to have failed to provoke the Creator into existing. (Browning, 212)
The end point of learning is the most important aspect of learning. Therefore, there is no correlation between the way the knowledge is produced and its validity. However, both knowledge acquired through simple methods and those produced in difficulty ways are all useful. The acceptability and ethical recognition of knowledge carry much when it comes to the importance of a given field and knowledge. Theories are the easiest way of learning some subjects such as religion and history. Such methods of learning do not go into details of evidence and formulae as seen in sciences and mathematics. (Foshay, par. 4) However, people use this knowledge for their understanding as well as for the informative purpose of their children. The information becomes accepted by the majority even when it is produced in the simplest way. The moral understanding that the society recognizes from the previous generation is usually passed to the offspring by word of mouth. There is nobody who can argue that such knowledge is produced in a difficult way yet it is highly valued by many people. Knowledge forms the basis of human life, and it does not necessarily call for practical experimentations and procedural calculations for people to recognize that a given field of study carries weight. Citing discipline as a body of knowledge recognized globally, it is one of the knowledge that is passed from one person to the next by word of mouth and guiding. However much it looks simple, it is cherished by many that discipline and hard work are the foundations of success. The arguments prove the invalidity of the statement that only specific areas are valued especially those that produce knowledge in a difficult way.
Knowledge just as love is determined by the possessor or an individual who have acquired it. There is nothing big to attribute to the way the knowledge was acquired but the manner in which such knowledge is appreciated, accepted and applicable to people. Knowledge acquired easily and hardly are both significant and are equally valued by individuals since they mean differently to different people and in different fields. It is, therefore, important to strive to acquire knowledge without setting boundaries, as the more knowledge acquired, the better the life of an individual develops. When one values all form of knowledge, they will be in dire need to strive to attain such knowledge hence standing a chance to improve their lives. Mathematics follows some derived formulae and rules to pass knowledge to the learners. However, there are also some theories employed to compliment the learning process thus making it a whole round learning process. Similarly, arts disciplines employ theories, beliefs, and some historical evidence to pass knowledge from one person to the other. The implication of these two fields (arts and science) is that the knowledge that is derived from them is what matters a lot. Straining to learn in a hard way is an outdated and misguide assumption that Hitchens tries to come up with without convincing us the main reason as to why the knowledge acquired in a hard way such as through experiments and evidential support have much weight than those that lack empirical evidence and reason. Knowledge is paramount to human life regardless on the way the same knowledge is produced.
Works Cited
Allen, B. “What Is Knowledge?” Common Knowledge 10.2 (2004): 365-365. Web.
Huxley, Aldous and Aldous Huxley. The Doors Of Perception. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1963. Print.
Long, Caroline. “Maths Concepts In Teaching: Procedural And Conceptual Knowledge.” Pythagoras 0.62 (2005): n. pag. Web.
Raphael, Foshay, “Mimesis’s in Plato’s Republic,” in Anthropoetics, 15.1 (2009). <http//www.antropoetics.ucla.edu/ap1501/1501foshay.htm> [accessed 20th January 2013] (par 4 of 14).
Robert Browning, “Porphyria’s Lover,” The Oxford Boos of English Verse: 1250-1900, ed. by Arthur Cuiller-Couch (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1919), P. 212.
Office, Axioms. “Acknowledgment To Reviewers Of Axioms In 2014”. Axioms 4.1 (2015): 30-31. Web.