TOK SCAFFOLDING HANDOUT TITLE: Option 5 "Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements." To what extent do you agree with this statement. Possible Knowledge Questions " To what extent can our own bias actually be reliable upon what we don’t truly know about"? " Is it justified that one’s culture and upbringing can influence their sense of opinion?" "Can our own emotional human mind impact the way we perceive certain views?" "What roles does our own bias bring upon out instinctive
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Theory of knowledge final presentation Topic: Health and beauty KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: How far can it be regarded that eating disorders are linked to our perception of beauty? My topic will focus on the distorted body images that the media portrays‚ especially for women and young girls. I want to inform you about what the media is doing‚ how they are directly affecting the self-esteem and confidence of women and young girls‚ and what the negative consequences of this can be. I will focus
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information that gets acquired by oneself. Second – hand Knowledge: information you acquired from someone. Thick Concept: something that get learned through experience and is not easy to teach. Urban Legend: a story that get changed according to the culture of the country in which it is being told in‚ and its origin is unknown.
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On Morality/ By Joan Didion As it happens I am in Death Valley‚ in a room at the Enterprise Motel and Trailer Park‚ and it is July‚ and it is hot. In fact it is 119°. I cannot seem to make the air conditioner work‚ but there is a small refrigerator‚ and I can wrap ice cubes in a towel and hold them against the small of my back. With the help of the ice cubes I have been trying to think‚ because The American Scholar asked me to‚ in some abstract way about “morality‚” a word I distrust more every
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Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident in the play Macbeth that making moral decisions is superior to making immoral choices. In the end of the play the result of the characters moral and immoral choices all comes to fruition. Consequently the actions of those who acted morally dealt with their situation much better than those who did not. Morality is the reference to codes of conduct that are brought forward by a society. It is evident
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION DIPLOMA PROGRAMME Chemistry For first examinations in 2003 http://www.xtremepapers.net Chemistry February 2001 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2001 International Baccalaureate Organization Route des Morillons 15 1218 Grand-Saconnex Geneva‚ SWITZERLAND CONTENTS PART 1—GROUP 4 INTRODUCTION 1 CURRICULUM MODEL 3 AIMS 6 OBJECTIVES 7 ACTION VERBS 8 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
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6 Emotion ’We think and name in one world‚ we live and feel in another.’ MARCEL PROUST‚ 1871-1922 ’Conquer your passions and you conquer the world.’ HINDU PROVERB ’The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.’ BLAISE PASCAL‚ 1623-62 ’Philosophy is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.’ F. H. BRADLEY‚ 1846-1924 ’Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling.’ SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE‚ 1772-1834 ’Axioms in philosophy are not axioms
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disgust‚ and contempt Secondary emotion Emotions that develop with cognitive maturity and vary across individuals and cultures Three biological areas of emotion are: Facial expressions Brain regions and circuits Autonomic nervous system The face of emotion: Universal Expressions of Emotion: Facial expressions for primary emotions are universal Even members of remote cultures can recognize facial expressions in people who are foreign to them Facial feedback – Process by which the facial muscles
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Wednesday‚ April 11‚ 2012 Madee Vasa TOK essay #3 Do words have meaning or do we give them meaning? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet he wrote: “There is nothing either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so.” What Shakespeare is saying in this quote is that everything in the world is only an inanimate presence until we bring it to life with our thoughts‚ which lead to perception‚ which then leads to actions. This can be applied also to language and the meaning of words. Do words really have a fixed
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diversity of art. The reason for this variation in thought can be due to the personal attributes of these individuals as opposed to others. A personal attribute is a ‘characteristic quality or feature of a person or thing’1 which includes the concepts of culture‚ experiences‚ education‚ as well as biological characteristics such as gender and age. This essay will discuss how these Ways of Knowing can be affected by these features‚ since this is of major importance to our society’s wellbeing‚ especially in
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