What is it about theories in natural and human sciences that make them so convincing? During the course of my Biology HL syllabus‚ I came across the theory of the fluid mosaic model. I instantly considered this theory to be absolute and accurate. This level of certainty was created with the first reading of the theory‚ and evoked the question as to what makes the theories formulated in natural and human sciences as convincing as they are. Both Natural and Human scientists take pride in the fact that
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Name: Sandeep.J.Ramanathan Class: 11D “Some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world‚ whereas others seek to transform it” When we do activities in our common day to day life‚ we tend to come across many areas of knowledge. There are a few that seek to describe the world‚ explain how the world had been created and how the people and their culture have evolved and there are a few that seek to transform the world and
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FEDERATION OF MALAYA 1948 Introduction The Federation of Malaya (Malay: Persekutuan Tanah Melayu) is the name given to a federation of 11 states (nine state sand two of the British Straits Settlements‚ Penang and Malacca) that existed from 31 January 1948 until 16 September 1963. The Federation became independent on 31 August 1957. It was reconstituted as Malaysia with the addition in 1963 of Singapore‚ Sabah‚ and Sarawak. History From 1946 to 1948‚ the 11 states formed a single British crown
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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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TOK SCAFFOLDING HANDOUT TITLE: Option 5 "Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements." To what extent do you agree with this statement. Possible Knowledge Questions " To what extent can our own bias actually be reliable upon what we don’t truly know about"? " Is it justified that one’s culture and upbringing can influence their sense of opinion?" "Can our own emotional human mind impact the way we perceive certain views?" "What roles does our own bias bring upon out instinctive
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TOK 1. Persuasion through images.(IV) Images are often not appealing to reason‚ but to emotions. This is not to say that a lot of thought does not go into graphical expression‚ but that the images are all ways aimed at moving the viewer visually. For example a form of visual theatre‚ burlesque will often attack something by representing it so as to look inane. In this case there is an interpreting process going on‚ but the audience must necessarily have an emotional
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Abstract Depth perception is the ability to perceive the world in three-dimensions. It does this via monocular and binocular depth cues. Previous research has shown that binocular judgements of depth are better than monocular judgements (Mckee et al.‚ 2010). The current study looked at the effect of monocular and binocular vision when determining which of two objects were closer. It was hypothesised that two eyes would be better than one when judging depth perception. An experimental design was
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Context Study – Reality and Perception Our reality is not just what we see in front of us. It is shaped by our past experiences‚ our beliefs‚ our society‚ and the people we encounter. What is reality? Reality is the state of things as they actually exist‚ as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them. No one can see the true reality; we all perceive it differently because of our past experiences‚ beliefs‚ people we encounter and how society shows it to us. Our past experiences and beliefs
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Theory of knowledge final presentation Topic: Health and beauty KNOWLEDGE ISSUE: How far can it be regarded that eating disorders are linked to our perception of beauty? My topic will focus on the distorted body images that the media portrays‚ especially for women and young girls. I want to inform you about what the media is doing‚ how they are directly affecting the self-esteem and confidence of women and young girls‚ and what the negative consequences of this can be. I will focus
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