When we look at something‚ are we all seeing the same thing? Perception is the ability to see‚ hear‚ or become aware of something through the senses. It is the way in which something is regarded and understood. Metaphysicians‚ Logicians‚ Political and Social philosophers have thought about perception since the beginning of history. We all perceive; our sensual organs discern information the way they are designed to however‚ do we see differently because we all interpret what we see differently
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To what extent is sense perception a good foundation for reliable knowledge? Sitting in this classroom today‚ I can see different things around me‚ smell different smells around the room‚ feel the keyboard underneath my fingertips‚ taste the apple I had during lunch and hear all the different sounds coming from all different people in the room. I can say I know this to be true because we perceive the world through our five senses: sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ touch and smell. Knowledge is what we learn
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TOK Essay on History (Pompeii Activity) Dear students Please choose one of the past TOK prescribed titles in order to analyse the Pompeii Activity dealing with: AOK: History‚ Natural Sciences WOK: Reason‚ Sense Perception‚ Language‚ Emotion Concepts: Certainty‚ Evidence‚ Explanation‚ Interpretation‚ Technology Knowledge Questions: Bias‚ selection‚ absolute claims‚ conflicting interpretations 1. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to
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phrase that is used to explain the way perception can be altered due to the filters that are put on it. Perception of course‚ means the way of understanding or interpreting something‚ however‚ the filter can associate many things. The filter can relate to an agenda‚ paradigms‚ and the way people are raised. Therefore‚ ever person’s perceptive filters must be different. For example‚ a person who was raised in the nineteenth century might have a different perception on the type of nation we live in
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New TOK Essay Topic 3: There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false. Discuss this claim. I’d always believed that the truth was a rather simple idea. To me‚ it was something that was true or correct or existing in this world. But after all the discussions in TOK‚ with family and with friends‚ and after deep rumination on the subject‚ I’ve realized that’s it’s a much more broad‚ complex and often mind-boggling concept. However‚ now I see that there are essentially
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mention assumption(s) of the topic. Challenge them as this shows you are thinking critically and independently. Write a thesis statement or mention‚ which issues you will explore and provide a short overview of which ideas you will discuss in your essay. Avoid dictionary definitions; rather focus immediately to knowledge issues (some which you have identified by challenging the assumptions of the topic). Remember to leave a space between each paragraph. In this paragraph take an example from an
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Niki Ahmadi TOK Essay January 20‚ 2013 The Possession of Knowledge Carries an Ethical Responsibility “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” The challenge in understanding this claim lies in its broadness. Stated as such without qualification‚ the statement has no real context and cannot be confirmed or disaffirmed with any solid justification. This is the nature of language: words in and of themselves do not come with a history behind their meaning‚ the various ways
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TOK Essay: When should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing? Many question its reliability because at times‚ intuition is of great help to us‚ but other times‚ it may influence us in making the biggest mistakes. Before we are able to decide whether or not “intuitively appealing” explanations should be considered‚ we need to define the word. Simply‚ intuition is a method of attaining knowledge without the use of reason. It is the direct knowledge that we can access without rational
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TOK You can not call a house made of nothing but a pile of bricks‚ a house‚ as it needs cement around its stones to have them stick together to be build from its base‚ all the way tot he roof. Other factors would be glass for windows and tiles for the roof‚ which is why neither a pile of bricks‚ nor just a design is what makes up the house. Henri Poincare uses the metaphor of a house to describe science. But what we need to consider is the definition of a fact and also by what process these
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Ideas about TOK essay Question 5: What is it about theories in the human sciences and natural sciences that makes them convincing? - Humans in general are gullible. “One who does not know anything must believe everything.” Since nobody knows everything‚ with a bit of evidences‚ which scientific experiments bring along people believe what they are confronted with. Only when you are intelligent enough to question the authority of the scientist that did the experiment are you able to disbelieve
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