Critical Analysis of an Event

A critical analysis of one of
your own experiences that
involves action, information
and knowledge

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN EVENT.......................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................3
GLOSSARY ...................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Karl Popper was a British philosopher who described a perspective that how reality and
real world events can be observed and described. The model provided by Karl Popper consist of
three worlds namely physical, knowledge and information world. The report will provide a
critical analysis of an event and how the experience can be linked with the three world model
provided by Karl Popper.
CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF AN EVENT
At once I experienced an event when few years ago I went to a restaurant. When my food
arrived, I observed that the food was looking good. In excitement I was very happy and eagerful
to taste the food. This can be considered the interaction with the physical world. My senses such
as eyes, touch helped me to predict that the food was good. After looking at such delicious food
several thoughts emerged in my mind. A cognitive process leads to several imaginations.
Thoughts such regarding taste of food and what I will order after having that dish occurs in my
mind. I also linked my observations of physical world with cognitive elements such as memory. I
remembered that last time when I had that food it was very delicious.
However, when I stir the soup to taste I observe that there was a lizard in the soup. It
leads to an immediate shock and I was completely blank. I immediately called manager and
asked him to look into the matter and to refund my fee as soon as possible. I was quite angry and
suddenly my mind began to overflow with variety of thoughts. For instance I began to thought
that what would have happened if I had consumed that soup and is this type of service is
provided at restaurant at which I have been regular visitor. This type of thoughts and memories
spoiled my mood and I became really upset and aggressive. At the same moment I began to
remember statistics and statements of several people who complained of the degraded quality of
food and how such type of food caused serious health issue. I recalled all the related information
and legislations associated with such type of poor customer service.
My observations of the lizard in the food helped me to analyse the actual truth which
immediately reacted with the cognitive processes. When the food was not arrived the interior of
the restaurant was tempting me. At that time also my memories were making me happy and
delighted that I was expecting that when I will experience reality or the soup it will be as per my
expectations. However, when my expectations broke at the same time my cognitive process
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changed in accordance with the physical world. Suddenly the changed thoughts began to interact
and find references with the information.
I accumulated with huge volume of thoughts such as harmful effects of eating food,
possible actions which I can take against restaurant and how serious the problem is. I also
realised that all the physical observations were associated with my cognitive process which at
one or the other moment was affected by my information gain. In the past also I have observed
or witness such events which leads to the development of statistics and references related to food
poisoning or poor quality of food.
Thus, physical and cognitive worlds have interactive relation with each other and
cognitive process kept changing on the basis of physical observations. The cognitive and
information world also has bidirectional relations but the process does not occur simultaneous.
For example with the arrival of food my cognitive process changed rapidly however the fear
related to food poisoning and legal actions was not the result of event. Instead, the information
was result of similar events which happened in the past. The knowledge and information are
often shared on different occasions.
However, the same relation does not exist between first and third world. Since the
information is verified and based upon validated statistics and documents the information does
not require support from the physical evidences. Though the physical observations can trigger
the related content stored in the information world but the immediate changes in the physical
world cannot form the valid information. Thus, it can be said that the interaction between all the
three worlds help individuals to accomplish several actions. For instance when I sensed
something wrong my explicit knowledge that it can harm my health triggers the various
memories. Those memories and experiences recalled the associated information related to the
issue.
The information not only influenced my actions but also had impact on how the reality
was observed and actions were taken. Like the legal perspective which I presented to the
manager of restaurant forced them to take apologise for their mistake and to repay my bills. The
experience also served as the strong foundation for the new information such as in future if I
have to face similar situations then what actions I can take and how I can use my knowledge to
deal with the situation. It is very important to link physical world and cognitive process and to
review the senses. Though the process is natural and spontaneous but is influenced by several
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factors such as effectiveness of the information world and how effectively it reacts to the given
situation. The three world theory can be considered as one of the best way to analyse and explore
the real world experience and to use tacit knowledge for understanding and handling the
situations. The knowledge management and processing is one of the important criteria to make
the information highly effective and exploratory in describing the real world.
CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above discussion that 3 world model is one of the
appropriate way to analyse and understand the reality and cause of specific event. The model can
also be used to understand the actions performed by the individuals and how reality is perceived
and processed by them. Thus, the model is essential in exploring different social concepts and
psychology of individuals and the rationale behind their actions.
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GLOSSARY
Knowledge-Knowledge is the information and understanding of a particular subject that is
possessed by a person or group of people.
Knowledge Management- The efficient handling of data and information and resources with in
the commercial organization is known as knowledge management.
Critical analysis- It is defined as the careful and in-depth evaluation and examination of the
document or any kind of work.
Interactive- It demonstrates the extent up to which two individuals or processes influence each
other.
Spontaneous- It is known as the response which occurs as an outcome of sudden or random
inclination or impulse and without any external stimulus.
Information- The facts which are gained or learned about a subject are known as information.
Explicit Knowledge- This is kind of knowledge which is learned or gain through real experience
and incidents. The information and awareness is collected in different practical conditions.
Review Senses: This is useful in monitoring of the physiological capacities of individuals
including the five senses of the human body and the sub-conscious mind.
Cognition: It is defined as the process of gaining learning and understanding by using
experience, senses and intelligence.
Tacit Knowledge: It is the type of knowledge where transfer of information is taken to exchange
the ideas.
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