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    Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge from the TOK diagram. It is said‚ “When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness Of the unknown‚ Faith is knowing One of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or You will be taught to fly.” For as long as man has been known to exist‚ there has been a development of belief systems formed to explain unknown

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    “That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge There are two ways of accepting knowledge‚ one which can be collective acceptance as a general public and another is personal acceptance. In the question‚ it claims that knowledge‚ which is justified true belief according to Plato‚ regarded in a system of facts‚ can be accepted today and then discarded tomorrow. We can accept things as a fact

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    representation of some aspect of the world. In what ways may models help or hinder the research for knowledge? A model by definition is “a schematic description of a system‚ theory‚ or phenomenon that accounts for its known or inferred properties and may be used for further study of its characteristics”(source) that implies that a model is supposed to be a helping hand while searching for knowledge in any subject. Sometimes however models can appear to be quite confusing as they are to general or

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    Date: 23/11/12 IB 11 TOK Mr. Bryant Theory of Knowledge IB 11 Semester 1 Test Review Guide Propositional Knowledge and “Knowing That” Plato and his students began studying knowledge by analyzing if it was valid. They came to conclude that for knowledge to be certain‚ it must… Can be described and communicated to anyone effectively and accurately. It must be absolutely convincing to anyone you communicate with. A “proposition” is a formal statement of convincing knowledge. For example… I

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    Pleasantville Responses 1. In Pleasantville‚ the women stay at home and cater to their husbands and children whereas the men work and earn the money to support the family. For example‚ when Dave and Jennifer first arrived to Pleasantville‚ the first thing their mother did was serve them a delicious intricate breakfast that she had prepared‚ while their father sat by reading the newspaper then headed out to work. Women are expected to be trophy wives that do everything perfectly; they must always

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    What do I mean by senses? Humans are known to have five senses; sight‚ touch‚ smell‚ taste and hearing. These senses have their own specific uses‚ and some appear to be more reliable than others. In fact‚ the only way that we get an understanding of the world is through our senses. Imagine someone who does not possess any of these senses‚ it is not possible that they can ever have access to knowledge.In the case of truth‚ what do I mean by it? This comes with different points of view. There are also

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    To what extent do personal attributes affect Ways of Knowing‚ and why‚ if at all‚ does answering this question matter in the first place? It is known that there are four means through which human beings acquire knowledge of their surroundings; the ways of reason‚ emotion‚ sense perception and language. However‚ are these entirely reliable? Different individuals possess different opinions of concepts and ideas‚ and this has not only been the reason of many conflicts and wars but has aided

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    11 September 12‚ 2013 Certainty & Doubt Behind every risk of decision made‚ or that will ever be made‚ lies certain varying degrees of certainty and doubt; the individual must decide based on the situation. However‚ in relation to both short term and long term activities‚ people should not act with a high degree of certainty‚ but rather act with a sensible‚ if not a considerable amount of doubt. In fact‚ the masses should act with a heavier amount of doubt‚ and a minuscule amount of certainty;

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    whereas deduction involves various layers of possibilities and narrow down to a more reliable conclusion. Moreover‚ induction has several important features‚ but the most important one is that this intellectual way of reasoning never gives certain knowledge. For example‚ I am living in Singapore and it is 5pm in the afternoon‚ the sky is getting full of dark clouds‚ the wind it blowing harder‚ I can deduct that there’s a storm coming (deduction). However‚ it is still 5pm‚ I am sunbathing at my swimming

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    Early this month we finished our final TOK presentation. I did mine with Faizaan‚ and we chose to take up the subject of philanthropy. The real reason that people give in the first place is a very controversial and relevant topic‚ and so we thought it would make a good topic for a presentation. It was very important for us to be interested in the topic we were going to be presenting‚ as we would be spending so many hours doing work on it- we are both interested in business and aspire to become businessmen

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