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    What Can We Be Sure Of? Humans cannot be sure of anything. The idea that we can know everything about our surroundings is absurd. The possibilities of everything we perceive being an illusion are endless‚ and there is frankly no way to distinguish the truth. To understand what our world really is‚ we must first understand ourselves‚ rather‚ our own thoughts. Yet in saying that‚ the mind itself is too complex for a mere human to understand‚ let alone to understand the entire world. “If our brain

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    NAME: ALICE SENAMNIMOH-APPEA CANDIDATE NUMBER: FINAL TOK ESSAY DRAFT QUESTION: “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 a whole is the total information one has acquired. Passive observation is the process of observation that one is not experiencing the event. It is not as dynamic as active experimentation because one just perceives the event and not

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    To what extent do you agree with the view that the period 1815-48 constituted a ’time when nothing happened’ in ’Germany’? The term “a time when nothing happened in Germany” is defined by in terms of unification between the 39 individual ‘German’ states and monarchies. Between the years 1815 to 1848‚ ‘Germany’ as one individual country still didn’t exist‚ and ’’German’ people continued to lack nationalist sentiment and liberalist views not until the end of 1848‚ a period when a series of ’German’

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    22 August 2013 Knowledge Paper I would be a great instructor for people who are learning how to use contact lenses. I struggled with trying to wear contacts for 6 years so I know every fear‚ concern‚ and issue with them. I posses knowledge on the teenage girl’s mind. I understand the insecurities‚ irrational thoughts‚ wants‚ needs‚ and fashion choices. The most vital knowledge I posses is my resources. My resources provide me a way to find out any information (to a certain extent) within seconds

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    knowing and gaining knowledge. Expectation‚ the belief about the way an event should happen or behave‚ and previous knowledge‚ understanding and skills we gain after experience play significant roles when gaining knowledge. They frame and lead us into imagine before we experience. Our five senses let us see‚ smell‚ taste‚ feel and hear. People think that we believe what we see. However‚ we see what we believe. Lipman’s suggestion criticises the false of our senses and perspectives. This leads to the idea

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    Question 4: To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in at least two areas of knowledge? “A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.” (David Hume). Evidence can be defined as proof to back up one’s hypothesis or beliefs. Beliefs are preconceived notions that people have on a subject one is passionate about. The focal areas of knowledge are the natural sciences and history and the focal ways of knowing are perception and reasoning. In the natural sciences‚ the scientific

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    The article discusses the long-term negative impact of watching television on the diet of American adults and provides advice on encouraging teenagers to eat healthy. This article is relevant to my project on proposing ways to combat obesity in Singapore as it highlights an important but possibly neglected causal factor for unhealthy eating habits – TV-watching. As young Singaporeans are exposed to television shows and media sources just as American teenagers are‚ findings on their negative influence

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    Because What We are of What We Believe For every generation‚ there is a destiny. For some history decides‚ for this generation the choice must be our own. Our destiny in the midst of change will rest upon the changed character of our people and on their faith. In a land of great wealth‚ families must not live in hopeless poverty. In a land rich in harvest‚ children must not be hungry. In a land of healing miracles‚ neighbors must not suffer and die untended. In a great land of learning and

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    District where his mother worked as a teacher. From this job‚ he identified opportunities. It was an era when the one child policy had just started. The only child became the apple of the entire family. Their parents and grandparents would generously spend more to make these small “kings” and “queens” healthy instead of spending on themselves. However‚ what they could buy in the market was rather limited. Zong saw the opportunity to produce milk drinks which were not common in China but were deemed as healthy

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    Effective communication is definitely important in a relationship. If you are not communicating effectively what exactly are you and your spouse or significant other talking about ? I found that self-disclosure is important because knowing personal and private things about your spouse makes you feel closer. For example my fiancé disclosed some sensitive information that I can’t discuss in this paper. But knowing this about her made me feel connected in a sense. Not to mention that it allowed me to

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