Kelsey Berry Hartung Humanities 10/23/12 What is Morality? The inevitable fore comings of being a child literally flash right before your eyes. One minute you are learning how to walk and talk and in the next you are graduating high school. We find ourselves constantly wondering where the hell all that time went. And in between all this growing up it seems we acquire a set of “morals” and “values”; merely things we tend to blame our actions and thoughts on. It’s like this illusory line
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Question 7: “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. Louise Hansen IB candidate#: 000768-019 American School of the Hague Theory of Knowledge Essay May 2010 Word Count: 1‚599 “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are.” Discuss this claim in relation to at least two ways of knowing. In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed‚ and it was the end of the Cold War. Who was responsible
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Knowledge Issue: There a conflict between emotion and reason within physics. How far do you agree with this? What is physics? It comes from the Greek word physis. “Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space-time‚ along with related concepts such as energy and force”- Wikipedia. Physics is everything in this world. It is used to see how the universe behaves. This makes both reason and emotion a part of physics despite their importance in the proving
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Question 5: “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” (Christopher Hitchens). Do you agree? Theory of Knowledge Essay Qatar Academy Word count: 1269* words Rawand Helmi 10th of January 2012 Candidate number: 001368-068 *Footnotes not included People’s choice of belief is possibly one of the most intriguing topics one can study. The journey of gaining knowledge in itself is so dynamic and full of factors that one couldn’t possibly be able to analyze
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Primary emotions are: * Happiness * Sadness * Fear * Anger * Surprise * Disgust These emotions are inborn‚ not learnt‚ as even born blind and deaf people display these emotions. The James-Lange theory It explains the connection between our emotion and our body. Named after the psychologist who created the theory‚ it states that emotions are physical in nature. It is a physical change that brings about any emotional change. E.g. If you were nervous‚ remove all the symptoms
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Theory of knowledge Epistemology (theory of knowledge) is a small branch of philosophy‚ which includes studies of nature‚ methods‚ limitations‚ validity of knowledge‚ and also belief. Follows are some of the differences between Islamic and Secular perspective on this issue: Knowledge-by secular perspective * Meaning: A study of phenomena of nature that deny God as a creator. * Knowledge is information or data that can be verified through scientific experiments. * Individual are knowledgeable
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other perspectives? Several different factors affect an individual’s perception and understanding of their surroundings. It’s extremely difficult to separate one’s own perspective without relating it to other perspectives like that of religion and culture. Through my life experiences I have developed the ability to separate the two. I’m aware of my own perspective as a knower in relation to other perspectives and with my new acquired awareness I will discuss a current controversial issue‚ which is
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Andrej Grupkovic Dr. Bammi TOK Period 7 February 2nd‚ 2013 IB T.O.K. Journal #1 Assumptions Statement “Human beings are unaware of their assumptions‚ much like fish are unaware of the water they live in” A Great king of Montenegro‚ Sir Njegoš‚ once stated that the biggest secret in this world is what does a man truly think. We consider ourselves as a dominating species on this planet; we believe that the knowledge we have created and teach is the knowledge that is‚ so to speak correct
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Is the possession of knowledge enough to place an ethical responsibility on the knower? My thesis is that knowledge in itself is value free and ethical responsibility is created by the value judgment of the knower. If the knower has decided to follow a code of ethics or interprets a piece of knowledge to contain moral dimensions‚ then knowing creates ethical responsibilities. However‚ possessing knowledge as such does not automatically create ethical responsibilities. In the following I will explore
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Life I believe that everybody is born with a purpose‚ whether it be good or bad. According to the Indian mythology one has to do what they do and shouldn’t care about the result whether it be good or bad because that’s what they were suppose to do; that’s their destination. A lot of us waste a lot of our time in looking for what we are good at or what we want to do in life. Even though we tend to target our goals in life from before‚ some succeed while others fail; one shouldn’t waste time in looking
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