Theory of Knowledge Essay (May 2013) Question Title Six: Can we trust our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge? Consider history and one other area of knowledge Mankind shares psychological phenomena known as emotion that is a natural state of mind deriving from a person.1 By means of this special ability‚ trusting our emotions in the pursuit of knowledge can be questioned‚ as it is a circumstance that involves only an individual‚ there might be an
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Can knowledge be bad? Yes because knowledge such as can be bad: - atomic weapon - Smoking - Stem cell research - Cloning - Drugs - Sex knowledge - Kill - Lie Knowledge can perceive to be bad when it makes us narrow-minded reject new truths. I feel that it will cause a person to become narrow-minded by their current belief. Our current knowledge/belief can cause us to reject new information/idea and so our education and knowledge that we have learnt might turn out to be
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There have been many times in my life when I have heard people use idiomatic expressions such as "some things are better left unsaid" and "what you don’t know can’t hurt you." I had never thought too much about these statements before‚ merely assuming them to be random expressions with no debatable meaning. However‚ several days ago I was talking with one of my friends about dating and she said "the knowledge that he’s going out with her is painful enough." This got me thinking. Is it knowledge itself
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Is individual pursuit of knowledge the key to combating personal or social oppressors? In articles entitled “Propaganda Under a Dictatorship‚” (1958/2012) and “Zeal Without Knowledge‚” (1978/2012)‚ authors Aldous Huxley and Hugh Nibley answer this question in ways which contrast‚ yet complement each other. Learning is significant in life in order combat many ills including inertia‚ boredom and ignorance. Studying these texts gives new insight into why a person would hope to avoid such plagues
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BAFOKENG SEKALELI TOK ESSAY CAN WE HAVE BELIEFS OR KNOWLEDGE WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF OUR CULTURE? The main aim of the essay is to find out if we have beliefs or rather knowledge which are independent of our culture. To do my investigation‚ I am going to follow different areas of beliefs and culture that I need. Culture is roughly perhaps a range of activities which are cultivated as a pattern of behaviour in a group of humans over time‚ and the manifest
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known for his work in epistemology. In his work‚ “Can Empirical Knowledge Have a Foundation‚” he argues against foundationalism by and ultimately concludes that “strong foundationalism is untenable as a solution to the regress problem” (6). He explores externalism‚ a view that holds that rational explanations are found through observing objective features that exist in the world; as well as givenism‚ the view that one can understand facts without having evidence or beliefs regarding those facts.
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The first of Rene Descartes six Meditations is concerned with the possibility that our immediate perceptions of the external physical world that we either ignorantly or correctly call reality‚ may all in fact be a dream. Is the external world we believe to be our waking reality different to a reality we are programmed to be unable to perceive? Is it merely an intelligent deception of some sort‚ orchestrated by a cunning evil demon? This essay will attempt to question our capacity (or lack thereof)
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A great philosopher once said‚ "Without knowledge action is useless and knowledge without action is futile"Good morning ladies and gentlemen I’m Abdul Rafae and today I’m going to speak on ’knowledge without application is useless’Humans have a common ability of applying almost everything in their life. Talking about new fashions‚ trends‚ innovations but when it comes to applying knowledge‚ situation is slightly different. Not all people r experts but the qs is what lacks in most knowledgeable humans
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Can there be creativity without emotion? Creativity is the ability to create new thoughts and ideas. It is a foundation to innovation‚ and it is all around us. Everything made by humans was once thought of‚ and then created. However‚ the greatest presence of creativity can be found in arts. As we all know‚ people express their emotions through art. They want to convey their thoughts and how they feel through their pieces whether it is in form of music‚ poetry‚ film‚ painting or even an advertisement
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BACKGROUND 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 3 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY 5 INFOSYS AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 6 THE K SHOP 7 PROCESS DATABASE ASSISTANCE 8 PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE MAP 8 CATCH THEM YOUNG INITIATIVE 9 INFOSYS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM 9 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND E BUSINESS 10 CONCLUSION 11 REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION This assignment is aiming to critically appraise the knowledge and knowledge management process and evaluate the importance of knowledge management in
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