search of an “absolute truth”; If the claim is not confined within the realm of mathematics‚ it makes even less sense to be able to claim such truth. An absolute is a statement that claims to hold true as a universal‚ that is‚ in every situation‚ circumstance and point in time. It is only within mathematics‚ wherein a binary truth-false system holds that we are able to discern a true from a false. This essay will argue that‚ within mathematics‚ the claim to an absolute truth is warped and self-contradicting
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statement as to conceptualize what he considered knowledge to be. In his opinion‚ knowledge is “a collection of scraps and fragments that we put together into a pleasing design‚ and often the discovery of one fragment would cause us to alter utterly the whole design”. In the essay that follows‚ I will discuss the theory proposed by Morris Bishop and describe to what extent it is true‚ in reference to two areas of knowledge; history and the natural sciences‚ as well as my own personal experiences.
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Tok Essay Ways Of Knowing Using one way of knowing is not enough if you want to determine if something is true or if something is believed to be true. The different ways of knowing are sense perception‚ reasoning‚ emotion and memory. Plato once stated that knowledge is “Justified true belief” which just goes to show that in order to obtain knowledge‚ we need to know certain thing as a fact‚ not belief. When we believe something is true‚ we do not know it for certain. We just have faith in
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Everyone has secrets‚ like the government‚ friends‚ teachers‚ including your family; but have you ever considered why do people lie? Why do we keep information? Why do we not speak or say all what we think? And what are the consequences if I lie? People lie because of the fear of the consequence of truth‚ to appear to be important and to “protect” others. The reasons why people lie are so varied; now at days the two principal reasons are to avoid hurting the feelings of others or to solve or avoid uncomfortable
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should always tell a truth. Some people strongly argue that it is very important not to tell a lie to friend or family to keep good relationship because they believe truth is bridge that connects between people. It is undeniable that truth is important‚ however‚ I believe telling a lie plays as significant role as telling a truth. It is implausible for people to tell a truth every time. I think people should know telling a lie is also sometimes beneficial. Today in this essay‚ I would like show certain
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need for their translation creates problems for the acquisition of knowledge is great. As the Italians say‚ Traduttore traditore‚ ‘the translation is a traitor’” (Van de Lagemaat 63). First of all‚ each of us has a special relationship to our own native language and this relationship makes us “assume that it fits reality like a glove”. However‚ when we learn a second language‚ “one of the things [we] discover is that different languages divide the world up in different ways” (Van de Lagemaat 61)
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When should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing? Intuition is a moment of insight when one makes decisions without going through any conscious or deliberate process of reasoning. The process of intuition isn’t fully understood‚ sometimes referred to as a ‘gut feeling’ and it is a phenomenon which can only be explained by the sub-conscious‚ or by accepting that sometimes knowledge is not procured by an active systematic process. There are several types of intuition – core intuitions
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Truth Essay Miles Dijan October 8‚ 2013 Block 2 Day 2 The writer Oscar Wilde once said that “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Wilde claims that truth is hardly wholesome and unadulterated‚ but rather tainted‚ or polluted. Wilde also states how truth is never straightforward and effortless. Truth could come with questions‚ ambiguous feelings‚ and abstract thoughts. Three pieces of literature exemplify Oscar Wilde’s quote about truth. In The “Allegory of the Cave”
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Lie require a new level of dedication and cognitive thinking which make it tremendously difficult. Why someone lie? Well people lie because they feel in danger‚ they want to cover the true‚ they need to look better in front of others‚ or just for emotional wellbeing. “When someone lies‚ someone loses” I agree with it because it can be in two different form of result. Whoever tell the lie got away with it or just got caught in the process of lie. There are different lie teller some of them are good
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TOK essay – November 2012 * “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false.” “Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius The quotation above explains the claim that is discussed in this essay; weather truth and falsehood can be distinguished. If a person claims they are aware of the truth‚ it is impossible for it to be absolute. Absolute truth would be information‚ which has not been manipulated
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