Key Points Brylle’s Notes for Theory of Knowledge The Four Ways Of Knowing Perception‚ Reason‚ Emotion‚ Language The world is a confusing place in which we find a bewildering variety of different opinions. Our common sense picture of reality probably contains inaccuracies and biases that we are not aware of. We acquire knowledge about the world through language‚ perception‚ reason and emotion‚ but none of these ways of knowing can give us certainty. According to relativism‚ truth is relative
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speak and how we view our world. The language we speak imbibes in us thoughts about how the world is. Language is a collection of words which is used to communicate our thoughts and messages. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis tells us about the relation between language and the way we view the world. The hypothesis states that “a particular language’s nature influences the habitual thought of its speakers. Different languages develop different patterns of thought. It acknowledges that the mechanisms of any
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TOK ESSAY 4. How can the different ways of knowing help us to distinguish between something that is true and something that is believed to be true? In order to distinguish between what is true and what we simply believe to be true we will first have to define what truth and belief is and how these two terms differ from each other. This paper will then seek to determine how the four different ways of knowing – perception‚ language‚ emotions and reason – can help us distinguish between truth
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Giovanni Coyotecatl December 2‚ 2013 Anthropology We can all agree that language is a fundamental basic of being human. Language has been around for centuries‚ there are no primitive languages‚ and the documentary video"The Human Language"‚ talks about just that. It brings about the question on how language functions within each and every society. Its amazing how we as organisms create sound and body gestures to make words‚ by what we call "Language". I say body gestures‚ because although being
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Acculturation-cultural modification of an individual‚ group‚ or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture Adaptation- the process of changing to fit some purpose or situation Agriculture- the science or occupation of farming American Anthropological Association- a professional organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology Anthropologist- the science of human beings; especially : the study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and
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”A cowboy went to the hairdresser’s. When he got out again‚ his pony was gone.“ Do you think this joke is funny? It is translated word by word from German into English. In German this sentence is a joke. The part which makes this sentence funny‚ however‚ cannot be translated into English because the German word for pony and fringe is the same – ”Pony“. This shows that the joke is lost in translation. This essay is going to analyse what is lost in translation from one language to another and why it
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and why is this important? 4) What are the component pieces of language (sounds‚ rules)? 5) How do anthropologists study languages? Contrast descriptive linguistics with historical linguistics. 6) Understand Language Determinism (Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis) and Linguistic Relativity (language reflects‚ rather that determines‚ cultural reality). 7) Explain how language use is linked to gender. Be ready to give specific examples. 8) Compare kinesics with paralanguage. What is proxemics
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Nathan Ghion March 16‚ 2011 TOK homework Perception and Language essay “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to these two ways of knowing: perception and language. Before analyzing why “we see and understand things not as they are but as we are” in relation to perception and language‚ we need to know the definitions of perception and language. Perception can be defined as the ability to use the five senses of sight‚ smell‚ hearing‚ taste
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Week 2 Quiz Soc 1 WEEK 2 Quiz 25 questions on this quiz ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form 1: The totality of learned‚ socially transmitted customs‚ knowledge‚ material objects‚ and behavior is known as culture. society. socialization. social structure. 2: Which of the following is an aspect of culture? using American Sign Language watching the Super Bowl game eating in fast-food restaurants all of these 3: General customs and practices that are found
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Part 1 of 1 - 25.0 Points Question 1 of 25 1.0 Points According to Max Weber‚ the Protestant ethic was a central factor in the birth of ________. A. capitalism Question 2 of 25 1.0 Points Karl Marx suggested that the force which drives human history and is at the core of human progress is ________. A. class conflict Question 3 of 25 1.0 Points The concept used to describe opening a window into unfamiliar worlds that allows us to understand human behavior
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