TOK ESSAY 8. Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of using faith as a basis for knowledge in religion and in one area of knowledge (ETHICS) from the ToK diagram. Faith comes from the latin terms fides and its etymological meaning is related to trust‚ (to trust is “fideres” in Latin). Faith is an understanding‚ a confident belief in a person‚ idea or thing that can’t be proven that does not rest on logical arguments or evidence. Faith is frequently related to the action of believing firmly in
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depth study of social‚ biological and cultural aspects of human beings. As humans we have used and accepted this two Areas of Knowledge‚ to interpret and understand the world around us. History and Human Sciences seek to influence humans through language‚ reason‚ and emotion. An assumption is made here that the Ways of Knowing help the Areas of Knowledge mentioned above serve their purpose. Furthermore‚ by reading the title I am making the assumption that it states that history solely concentrates
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Tok Essay “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are”‚ this claim shows how much our beliefs and experiences changes how we view the world. Our beliefs and experiences are what make us who “we are”‚ therefore this are what influence on our ways of knowing. Since the ways of knowing is what shapes our understanding of the world and views then we can see things as “we are”. Examples of this would be: “The needs of the many outweighs the need of the few”(Star Trek II: The Wrath of
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” (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 in full. In this essay‚ the question that is to be answered encompasses and questions
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that! But what if I do not know if that something I am being open-minded about is true for certain? If that is the case‚ I shall have to investigate to what extent this idea is relevant to the truth. But what is truth? (I am starting to act like my ToK teacher…). So when I am questioning open-minded views‚ am not being gullible. In that case I am being… what is it called again… was it not something like scektical? No‚ I remember‚ it was sceptical. So‚ to improve my search for knowledge‚ I shall
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232 words The Ways of Knowing are a sophisticated way of explaining how everyday people gain knowledge throughout the world‚ and discover our specific place in it. Whether it is Sense Perception‚ Emotion‚ Reasoning‚ or Language‚ they all serve as a vital part in our lives and guide the way we as people live. But how reliable are the ways of knowing? Abraham Maslow once said “When the only tool you have is a hammer‚ all problems begin to resemble nails.” What Maslow is trying
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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 for ending the Cold War? Was it Reagan or Gorbachev? From all the sources and knowledge accessible shouldn’t we all come to the same conclusion? Even in history the use of perception and language changes the way
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Writing a TOK essay by Richard van de Lagemaat Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma Richard van de Lagemaat 978 0 521542 98 2 www.cambridge.org/uk/education/international/ib/tok/ For information on the author’s education consultancy service: www.inthinking.co.uk For information on the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme: www.ibo.org/diploma/ © Cambridge University Press 2007 Writing a TOK essay ‘Most people would rather die than think; in fact they do so.’ BERTRAND RUSSELL
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5. What is it about theories in the human sciences and natural sciences that makes them convincing? Man has always struggled to understand the world around him and‚ as a result‚ has relied heavily on the sciences. The sciences first became popular in the Greco-Roman era and from then have continued to develop and ultimately diverge into two separate subjects‚ human and natural sciences. Each of these has further diverges in which there can be up to fifty categories within each subject. However
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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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