Journal of African Studies and Sustainable Development

Mental operations are indeed operations that touch on mental contents. Thus, the human mind is seen as a cluster of functions that spring from the interaction between man and his social environment. By that we mean that it possesses a set of faculties that aid the acquisition and processing of knowledge. This paper is therefore about to cast a look at the cognitive activity of the human intellect in the acquisition of knowledge. The novelty of its approach consists in looking at the approach taken by the human intellect as it acquires knowledge in a broader philosophical context. The main thesis of the study is to x-ray the processes that will be undergone in order to ascertain a belief to be true knowledge. From the standpoint of scholastics and other competencies, having an indebt understanding of such epistemic procedures is not only important but timely.

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