“We accept the truth of the reality with which we are presented.” –Christof Christof’s statement in the film The Truman Show represents how every person views their world. Every person accepts reality as it is‚ but only before they start questioning their own reality. In the film Truman himself accepts reality as it is presented‚ he doesn’t question the fact that the same events happen every single day of his life; waking up‚ going to work‚ being attacked by the neighbourhood dog and greeting
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10. ’Through different methods of justification‚ we can reach conclusions in ethics that are as well-supported as those provided in mathematics.’ To what extent would you agree? One could argue that mathematics and ethics are the underlying essentials above which our society has based itself. Scores of cities have built their infrastructures using measurements and methods founded in mathematics. Our inherent ethical natures have catalyzed the great minds from ancient civilizations to create democracies
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Gabriel Oleas Die Welle In the film “Die Welle”‚ directed by Dennis Gansel is about a teacher that is assigned to teach autocracy instead of anarchy. In the German setting‚ where the movie takes place‚ everybody knows that fascism and the Nazis sucked‚ they got that. Getting relegated to teaching autocracy was a real bummer since the students were filled with arrogance and laziness. Rainer Wegner constructs an unorthodox experiment‚ making an autocracy group of their own called “The Wave” or
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MOHD ARIFF ZAKWAN BIN ABDULLAH ZAWAWI M11C MY ToK MOMENT My TOK moment was tonight 02/02/12 when the year one students had a batch meeting at the mosque having some games to create a stronger bond between us. As usual this kind of thing made my instinct to escape getting bigger and stronger. So‚ I decide to sneak out from the program pretending that I had to make some important call. So I ask the permission of our class rep to go out for a while with my best friend. Then we straight forward
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2011 and May 2012 Instructions to candidates Your theory of knowledge essay for examination must be submitted to your teacher for authentication. It must be written on one of the ten titles (questions) provided below. You may choose any title‚ but are recommended to consult with your teacher. Your essay will be marked according to the assessment criteria published in the Theory of Knowledge guide. Remember to centre your essay on knowledge issues and‚ where appropriate‚ refer to other parts of your
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Essay Question 4 With reference to two areas of knowledge‚ discuss the way in which shared knowledge can shape personal knowledge Word Count: 1‚600 1 The areas of knowledge explored in this essay are Human Sciences and The Arts; giving a balanced and considered review about how shared knowledge does shape personal knowledge and also how it may not. This essay question assumes that personal knowledge is shaped by shared knowledge. Shared knowledge is highly structured and systematic which is the
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– Arts Name: James Park Introduction: Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: In our culture‚ humans create certain objects for aesthetically pleasing reasons rather than of practical value. Creativity seems to distinguish human beings from other animals (highest and most satisfying form of human life. Arts include not only painting and sculpture‚ but dance‚ film‚ literature‚ music and theatre as well. What is art? Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: “What distinguishes worthwhile art from junk
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TOK Reflection: Mathematics To what extent is math relevant to your life and the lives of others you know and how can it become an even more viable area of knowledge. “In mathematics I can report no deficience‚ except it be that men do not sufficiently understand the excellent use of the Pure Mathematics.” Roger Bacon (1214-1294) Mathematics: the abstract science of number‚ quantity‚ and space; a subject considered by many to be useless‚ a waste of time‚ and too difficult. “When am
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by the language he or she uses. In an essay of not more than 400 words‚ discuss with reference to the characteristics and salient features of DIALECT‚ SOCIOLECT and IDIOLECT. Linguists commonly use language variety as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language‚ including dialect‚ idiolect and social dialect. The use of the word variety refer to those different forms that avoid the use of the term language‚ which many people associate only with the standard language‚ and the
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Bringing TOK into everyday subject teaching Obtained from experienced TOK teachers working in specialist subject groups at the Madrid TOK conference November 2003. Compiled by Geoffrey Neuss Swedish A1 (Reporter: Håkon Kjellin‚ Täby Gymnasium‚ Sweden Hakan.Kjellin@tibble.taby.se) Interpretation: • Are there correct and incorrect interpretations? Or is relativism absolute when interpreting texts? Is there such a thing as over-interpretation? • What factors – individual psychological
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