but from experience I learnt that everyone struggled with doubts. However‚ this course questioned everything I assumed to ‘know’ and was sure about! For me‚ this course is a good way to experience something completely new‚ as it encourages me to broaden my horizon. It makes me aware of my way of thinking. Since I am not a great thinker‚ I could perhaps change that when I will open my mind. Wait‚ did I not learn about that in class? Of course I did‚ being receptive to new ideas and beliefs is referred
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Theory of Knowledge Éanna OBoyle ToK Mathematics “... what the ordinary person in the street regards as mathematics is usually nothing more than the operations of counting with perhaps a little geometry thrown in for good measure. This is why banking or accountancy or architecture is regarded as a suitable profession for someone who is ‘good at figures’. Indeed‚ this popular view of what mathematics is‚ and what is required to be good at it‚ is extremely prevalent; yet it would be laughed at
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who assessed the essays‚ and whose individual reports form the basis for this subject report. In order to secure success for their students‚ schools are strongly recommended to ensure that this report and previous ones are read in detail by all TOK teachers‚ and the Diploma Programme Coordinator. The May 08 Subject Report‚ as the first Subject Report for the new assessment criteria‚ contained much criterion-specific advice and is particularly useful. Teachers are also directed towards the IB
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Niki Ahmadi TOK Essay January 20‚ 2013 The Possession of Knowledge Carries an Ethical Responsibility “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” The challenge in understanding this claim lies in its broadness. Stated as such without qualification‚ the statement has no real context and cannot be confirmed or disaffirmed with any solid justification. This is the nature of language: words in and of themselves do not come with a history behind their meaning‚ the various ways
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TOK essay – November 2012 * “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false.” “Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius The quotation above explains the claim that is discussed in this essay; weather truth and falsehood can be distinguished. If a person claims they are aware of the truth‚ it is impossible for it to be absolute. Absolute truth would be information‚ which has not been manipulated
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TOK You can not call a house made of nothing but a pile of bricks‚ a house‚ as it needs cement around its stones to have them stick together to be build from its base‚ all the way tot he roof. Other factors would be glass for windows and tiles for the roof‚ which is why neither a pile of bricks‚ nor just a design is what makes up the house. Henri Poincare uses the metaphor of a house to describe science. But what we need to consider is the definition of a fact and also by what process these
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Core beliefs of Buddhism: Buddhism‚ as a religion‚ lays great emphasis on the adherence to the basic beliefs. Buddhism‚ like most of the great religions of the world‚ is divided into a number of different traditions. However‚ most traditions share a common set of fundamental beliefs. The basic Buddhist belief comprise of the basic teachings and concepts of Buddhism. Lord Buddha urged His followers to concentrate on the Four Noble Truths‚ which helps in attaining freedom from suffering. In the
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Tok Essay “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are”‚ this claim shows how much our beliefs and experiences changes how we view the world. Our beliefs and experiences are what make us who “we are”‚ therefore this are what influence on our ways of knowing. Since the ways of knowing is what shapes our understanding of the world and views then we can see things as “we are”. Examples of this would be: “The needs of the many outweighs the need of the few”(Star Trek II: The Wrath of
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Cover Letter for the Truth Comes from the Novel Dear classmates‚ In this essay‚ I try to examine the idea which the authors of the Candide and the Story of the Stone hope the readers to understand. The idea I generate from the two novels is that trying your best to find the happiness in your life even the reality is far from your expectation. Both Candide and the Story of the Stone are not contemporary works. In addition‚ they come from different culture‚ but the author can offer us the same suggestion
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TOK Essay on History (Pompeii Activity) Dear students Please choose one of the past TOK prescribed titles in order to analyse the Pompeii Activity dealing with: AOK: History‚ Natural Sciences WOK: Reason‚ Sense Perception‚ Language‚ Emotion Concepts: Certainty‚ Evidence‚ Explanation‚ Interpretation‚ Technology Knowledge Questions: Bias‚ selection‚ absolute claims‚ conflicting interpretations 1. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to
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