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The possession of knowledge confers privilege. To what extend is this an accurate claim? My title: To what extend faith and reason confers privilege? For certain individuals, knowledge is the key for privilege. Names like Einstein or Newton for example, are one of many that had privilege with their knowledge. Although knowledge normally confers privilege, it doesn’t mean that it is the only with that confers privilege. In this theory of knowledge essay, we will talk about two area of knowledge, faith and reason, and see whether or not they can lead to privilege. Firstly, let us discuss about reason. A question to need to be talked about is how do we reason? We reason by the relationship with some emotions, the extent to which we can trust decisions that have been made using reason. But does it confers privilege? Reason is a thing that we use whenever we make decisions, most of the time, the human reasoning takes place instinctively, trying to do the best thing, depending on past experiences in similar situations. I actually think reason can confer privilege. When referring to reason, we try to understand the world with comparison, judgements, logic and experiences. I remember, at a certain age, when I started high school, I was the most stressed person on earth. I thought that everything at school was going to be impossible. My first day in high school, during my first math class, the exercises the teacher gave us looked impossible at first. Then I realised with logic and past experience from middle school that the question wasn’t that hard. It was formulated differently and I was surprised to see that with reason I was able to do it. But, does reason always confers privilege? To have reason, you have to have knowledge. Being able to reason with a lack of knowledge isn’t that simple. It is impossible to live our life today without gaining a certain amount of

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