Title: TOK Essay 1/2012 Question: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Name: Syaza Yasirah Bte Abu Bakar Class: P2 Index number: 14 Word Count: 1439 The Ways of Knowing of sense is related to empirical observation. From empiricism we might get facts‚ knowledge and truth. In this case‚ when our senses are reliable‚ it is defined as trust. Truth can be determined based on the three theories of truth. Although none of them is entirely satisfactory‚ each of the theories
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TOK Essay – Final draft By: Sakshi Khanna 13B Word count: 1413 “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens. Do you agree? “Seeing is believing.” Evidence can clarify doubts in certain areas of knowledge and can bring about conclusions. These assertions and dismissals can be driven by emotion and bias‚ while some individuals prefer to choose reason and logic over emotion in coming to asserting something‚ that is‚ they tend to assert
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The traditional TOK diagram indicates four ways of knowing. Propose the inclusion of a fifth way of knowing selected from intuition‚ memory or imagination‚ and explore the knowledge issues it may raise in two areas of knowledge. The study of Theory of Knowledge (TOK) indicates four distinct ways of knowing: sense perception‚ emotion‚ reason and language; however‚ in this essay I will argue
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Title: Counting the Number of Yeast Cells in a Suspension using Haemocytometer Objective: To estimate the number of cells of yeast per mm3 in five different dilutions of yeast suspension. Introduction: Biologists often need to count the density of cells in a liquid. “Density of cells” means “the number of cells per unit volume of liquid”. For example‚ they might want to find out the density of red blood cells in blood plasma‚ the density of bacteria in milk‚ or the population of Paramecium sp
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“That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge There are two ways of accepting knowledge‚ one which can be collective acceptance as a general public and another is personal acceptance. In the question‚ it claims that knowledge‚ which is justified true belief according to Plato‚ regarded in a system of facts‚ can be accepted today and then discarded tomorrow. We can accept things as a fact
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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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“The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”- Tanmay Dhanopia 11th C As we all know that possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility‚ sometimes both ethical responsibility and knowledge confuses us in making certain decisions. One fine morning I was sitting in my house’s balcony enjoying the lovely weather‚ I started reading a newspaper whose headline which was “the improvement in cosmetics by animal testing” attracted me as the whole article was providing details
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“To what extent is our knowledge in science certain?” People usually become certain of things after they have been proven to be true. The question we ask ourselves is: “To what extent is our knowledge in science certain?”. Well we may not be a hundred percent sure that what we know is true‚ yet when it comes to facts that have been proven by scientists‚ people do believe them‚ as they are perceived to be a worthy source of information‚ especially when experiments come along the observation with
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When I go shopping in Sydney‚ after I bought clothes and foods‚ they will give me plastic bags. Should plastic bags for shopping be banned by the Australian government? Claim: Plastic bags should be banned. Evidence: Point 1: ‘“These bags are junk‚ whether you want to call them biodegradable or not. They end up in the same place: blowing around the streets or in landfill‚” said Councillor David Shiner‚ a member of Mr. Ford’s executive who surprised many by introducing the ban.’ When people
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Subject: | DP Visual Arts | Unit Title: | Five senses | Start date: | 2013 | Duration / weeks: | Five | Significant Concept(s) / Unit Overview | Emotions change our perception. Through a study of sensory endorsement from popular art cultures‚ students will gain an understanding of how the five senses can be transformed (sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ smell‚ touch) into abstract arts for emotional responses. | Content / Skills/ Learning Outcomes | Teaching and Learning Approaches | Content
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