Take a real life situation Extract a knowledge issue from the real life situation Analyze the knowledge issue (not the real life situation) From your own perspective From other perspectives Using ideas and concepts from T.O.K While analyzing other KI’s will be identified and analyzed The product of this reflection will then be applied back to the real life situation The application should also extend beyond the original real life situation to other areas Why do different people have different
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The Ways We Lie In the essay‚ "The Ways We Lie‚” the author‚ Stephanie Ericsson‚ tells about the many ways people lie and explains the reasons for doing so. In her essay‚ she talks about ten specific ways of lying that she believes are prevalent in today’s society. First is “the white lie‚” which is basically telling a harmless lie instead of the truth‚ if the truth is destructive. She writes‚ “Telling a friend he looks great when he looks like hell can be based in a decision that the friends needs
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angles and use to scale or map out our drawings. I found this very helpful. We have done many drawings the past weeks. I have felt that I have been excelling in these drawings and sketches. Last week we had two class periods to draw a space in the art room. In my opinion this is one of my better drawings. We also just recently did a hand drawing which showed perspective. I found that this drawing succeeded because of the shading. This is my area of success but can sometimes be tricky. Now not
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To what extent is truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and ethics? Truth – in its ambiguity – is a concept that many philosophers‚ over thousands of years‚ sought deeply to define. We struggle to find truth solely because it holds no generalization of its concept and is defined according to specific areas of knowledge. Areas such as mathematics‚ the arts and ethics are all differing storehouses of truth. Each‚ in their own system‚ defines truth very differently because these areas
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extent is truth different in mathematics‚ the arts and ethics? We have always had problems with clearly defining what truth is. It resulted into relativism‚ which says that there is no absolute truth. However‚ it can be easily shown that this theory is wrong‚ because in contradicts itself. Does it mean that absolute truth must exist? From my point of view‚ this is satisfactory proof to believe so. Where should we search for absolute truth? The first area of knowledge that seem to provide us absolute
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front of the boss‚ or sparing someone’s feelings‚ many people find themselves doing it anyway. In fact‚ more than 80 percent of women admit to occasionally telling what they consider harmless half-truths‚ says Susan Shapiro Barash‚ author of Little White Lies‚ Deep Dark Secrets: The Truth About Why Women Lie (St. Martin’s Press‚ $15‚ amazon.com). And 75 percent admit to lying to loved ones about money in particular. The tendency to tell tales is “a very natural human trait‚” explains David L. Smith
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A DISCURSIVE ESSAY (The other side of truth) Task: To write a short essay (300-800) words on the theme of truth. Beverley Naidoo grew up in South Africa but as a white child‚ she did not question why her family had all of the privileges that black families did not share. However when she went she went to university in the 1960’s she became involved in the anti-apartheid movement and spent eight weeks in prison. She has written about South Africa in “journey to jo’burg” and “no turning
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What is considered art has been a controversial question for many years in history and today. There are various forms and types of art. Because art is very complex and diverse‚ it is viewed and conceptualized in many different ways. Nancy G. Heller states even though a type of artwork is hard to understand‚ it’s considered art‚ and artwork that people don’t understand shouldn’t be disregarded from other types of art. She feels as though people shouldn’t be intimidated by artwork that’s hard to understand
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lied to countless people are government leaders. According to John Mearsheimer’s book Why Leaders Lie ‚ leaders that belong to a democratic country are most likely to lie its citizens. Regardless‚ it is vital to a democratic-republic to have its government leaders lie to its citizens. Primarily‚ the matter should not be who leaders are lying to‚ but what leaders are lying about. Secondly‚ leaders must lie so their enemies do not know what they are thinking. Lastly‚ our leaders should have other valuable
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Telling the truth can bring great benefit while lying brings harm and corruption to human society. Our brains are not designed to lie‚ so if someone always lies‚ they might live in anxiety‚ depression and feel guilty about themselves. In contrast‚ people who always tell the truth live a healthy life as they have fewer things to worry‚ and sleep better and they feel good about themselves. On the other hand‚ people lie to protect others feeling from not being hurt. These lies are the “white lies’.
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