“We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. Although human DNA is 99.9% the same‚ every person is unique in his own way. Our identity‚ which consists of our values and beliefs‚ can sometimes alter our take on the reality that surrounds us‚ for it is the lens through which we evaluate the world. Given that the word “see” in the prompt stands for sense perception and “understand” stands for interpretation and meaning
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Life I believe that everybody is born with a purpose‚ whether it be good or bad. According to the Indian mythology one has to do what they do and shouldn’t care about the result whether it be good or bad because that’s what they were suppose to do; that’s their destination. A lot of us waste a lot of our time in looking for what we are good at or what we want to do in life. Even though we tend to target our goals in life from before‚ some succeed while others fail; one shouldn’t waste time in looking
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and convinced‚ they will be able to subdue all that believes otherwise. Doubt is‚ in many ways‚ an amenity; reality in which certainty‚ would be disregarded. Certainty is a security blanket that masks the underlying truths of life. William Phelps stated an absolute certainty will make anything possible‚ but Bertrand Russell believed that our opinions should always have some sort of doubt. The conflict between optimism and doubt is most importantly meant to be kept balanced. Phelps states with a sense
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With reference to two AOK‚ discuss the ways in which shared knowledge can shape personal knowledge Sarah Lee Word Count: 1534 Shared knowledge‚ in common sense‚ refers to a body of knowledge that is commonly accepted or rejected by a collective organization (IB TOK guide). Personal knowledge‚ on the other hand‚ refers to a body knowledge acquired from experiences of a particular individual (IB TOK guide). Since human beings are political animals‚ as Aristotle aptly points out
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Descartes method of doubt is his personal quest for certainty in knowledge‚ a system that allows us to find a way to be assured that what we feel we “know” is not just a figment of his imagination but an infallible truth. The motivation for his method of doubts begins as a question of the possibility that all his thoughts could be false on the basis that he has had many false beliefs before and could possibly have formed more false beliefs with a fabricated base‚ and that in order to have stable
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Certainty and doubt co-exist. The is no doubt without certainty (vice versa). The growth of the idea may be swayed by evidence (verbal‚ visible‚ or experience). Verbal evidence is not always credible and relies on the character of the person speaking; however‚ the speaker may conceal or twist the truth around to arrive at a logical point of view‚ therefore any person may believe the persons point. Lawyers‚ magicians‚ and politicians use pieces of the truth to direct certainty or doubt about their subjects
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idea of looking at mathematics from an abstract point of view without regarding details. The Mathematical Paradigm: * ‘ the science of rigorous proof’ * Euclid (300 B.C.) was the “first person to organize geometry into a rigorous body of knowledge” and his theories have had a major influence on civilization. * He developed a formal system that consisted of three parts: * Axioms * Deductive reasoning * Theorems * Axioms: * “starting points or
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Descartes thought that he needed to subject everything he believed to the slightest possible doubt in order for him to find that one thing he could be definite of and that would therefore be revealed as something solid and certain. Descartes also noted that everything he believed has been acquired from the senses or by means of the senses but has learned that it is deceiving. He supposes then that however things can be felt‚ tasted‚ seen‚ smelled‚ heard or in short sensed‚ there is always a slight
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In “Darwin’s Doubt” by Stephen Meyer‚ Meyer contends that scientists have yet to find a way to account for the Cambrian explosion. He argues that the theory of evolution is unable to provide an explanation for the rapid origin of animals with body plans. The lack of immediate precursors leads to the question of whether or not the appearance of life forms can actually be explained by modification. Meyer supports this thesis by addressing three key topics‚ and later goes into great detail about these
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The problem of Induction – Induction Science is supposed to be an empirical discipline which makes no claims beyond what has been observed. Therefore we have a dillema we could refuse to make any claims beyond what we observe and retain the idea of empirical science or we could defend the right of scientist to reason from the particulae to the genréral and accept that science is not strictly empirical. We could defend the right of science to reason from a particular to the general and accept
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