Can a Machine Know? Martin Eddy 6/5/10 TOK Essay Word Count: 1213 In today’s day and age‚ the question “Can a Machine Know?” is very important and relevant to what we are doing with machines in making them more and more humanlike and capable of human functions. A machine‚ as defined on Dictionary.com “is an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions‚ used in the performance of some kind of work.” That seems simple enough‚ not very complicated at all. But then if
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Title: ’ ’There are only two ways in which humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment. ’ ’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Knowledge as an abstract concept1 is supposed to help us developing skills and the ability to think for ourselves throughout our whole life and obviously there are various ways to gain it‚ for example by observing the world around us or through active experiment‚ such as in the area
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TOK Assignment Art can be of speckled forms‚ ranging from instillations to painting to music to dance. Each of these practices of art have diverse impacts on society. However today irrational exuberance of the contemporary art market is about the breeding of money and have lost the fertility of art. I really believe that art is what humans created as a highest explanation level to fully clarify the perspectives and especially emotions of human beings. Art does not have any specific meaning‚ there
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often the discovery of one fragment would cause us to alter utterly the whole design”. In the essay that follows‚ I will discuss the theory proposed by Morris Bishop and describe to what extent it is true‚ in reference to two areas of knowledge; history and the natural sciences‚ as well as my own personal experiences. To begin with‚ I would like to provide my own interpretation of Bishop’s theory about the nature of knowledge. In my understanding of the quote‚ Bishop hypothesized that knowledge
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Parts of Speech A part of speech (also a word class‚ a lexical class‚ or a lexical category) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items)‚ which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb‚ among others. There are open word classes‚ which constantly acquire new members‚ and closed word classes‚ which acquire new members infrequently if at all. Verb – is a word (part
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Science does not as yet have a full understanding of the universe. However‚ it is suggested that with increased technology and theoretical advance‚ it may be only decades before this is achieved. Do you agree this is possible? What might be the consequences? Science is‚ at its heart‚ a quest; a quest whose goal is to create an understanding of the universe. In effect‚ science attempts to quantify reality. It does this in many ways; through experimentation and observation‚ through theorizing and
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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The history of the English language is very extensively. It contains parts of French‚ Latin‚ German‚ Norse and of a few less known tongues. Before texts were written in English‚ they were mainly written in Latin and were reserved to be read only by the Pious and royal. The language how it is spoken today was formed only after Centuries of fierce battling‚ governments being overthrown‚ and a period of time known as the Dark Ages. During this time‚ the language
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leads to a greater degree of confusion from before which ultimately doesn’t help in acquiring knowledge‚ and becomes a hindrance in the acquisition of knowledge. a. Example i. In history‚ when I was studying the Arab-Israeli conflict‚ which is greatly known to be one of the most controversial conflicts in history‚ every aspect needed to be considered. In order to actually understand what was going on‚ I asked about why the Jews (Zionists) felt such a great deal of pressure. To my dismay‚ it wasn’t
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The French language has been around for a very long time. It is one of the three “romance” languages that stem directly from Latin. The French language starts its origins with the influence of Latin and continuously formed and spread all around the world. Latin has had much impact on Western language. Latin to French There are many languages in the modern world. The language further discussed is French and its origins derived from Latin. There is a very long and intricate history behind the
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What is ART? 1. Sunflowers – This piece of art is a masterpiece because of its realistic features that expresses its beauty. Also comparing to the natural sciences its realistic features makes it a source of truth but is it really the most real painting? Also this could be a painting depicting empathy for the flowers in our life that we do not water… 2. Fountain – Art has to be something unusual to stand out‚ a different interpretation or a different intent by the artist himself. A good
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