TOK Writing Assignment “When the only tool you have is a hammer‚ all problems begin to resemble nails.” (Abraham Maslow) How might this apply to ways of knowing‚ as tools‚ in the pursuit of knowledge? Ways of knowing embody memory‚ language‚ emotion‚ intuition‚ sense perception‚ reason‚ imagination‚ and faith‚ which take part in the process of acquiring knowledge. For instance‚ language can be considered as a means of exchanging the knowledge with each other and emotion is a way to express our
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of Sense Perception as a Way of Knowing? What is Sense Perception? Sense Perception is our primary Way of Knowing. It includes all our 5 senses- sight‚ smell‚ touch and taste. It is the reason we are what we are today as the human race‚ the most advanced species on this Earth. It is our basic point of entry into this world. For example‚ as a child we see people walk and the way they walk and without reasoning it out we learn how to walk‚ or sitting on a
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Our senses are based on perception‚ which is our ability to use of our combined senses to understand the world. We can easily get fooled by our senses because our minds tend to send for too much information or too little information at times where‚ we get tricked into thinking too critically about something or we do not think too much about it. For example‚ when we listened to the continuous increasing octave‚ our minds got fooled by our senses as we trusted our senses into thinking it were continuously
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Memory ‘Memory – like liberty – is a fragile thing’ – Elizabeth Loftus. What does this statement suggest about memory as a way of knowing in the pursuit of ethical knowledge? Loftus suggests that memory‚ like liberty (i.e. freedom)‚ is something that can easily be manipulated due to its delicate nature. The title assumes that we can recall on past events in order to draw reasonable conclusions surrounding ethical issues. In order to understand the question raised in the title more easily it could
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II. It is a risky approach‚ in several cases‚ the attempt to clarify a concept/definition leads to a greater degree of confusion from before which ultimately doesn’t help in acquiring knowledge‚ and becomes a hindrance in the acquisition of knowledge. a. Example i. In history‚ when I was studying the Arab-Israeli conflict‚ which is greatly known to be one of the most controversial conflicts in history‚ every aspect needed to be considered. In order to actually understand what was going on‚ I asked
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falls under the category of personal feelings. Everybody views everything they see with their own personal bias yet many of the things they view are cold hard facts in which no bias is possible in the immediate presentation of the raw fact. The perception of human being as to how they view and portray the fact shows the cognitive bias that comes along with anything and everything that can be examined. The Areas of Knowledge that I feel best represent the issue of whether knowledge is attainable without
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TOK essay – November 2012 * “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false.” “Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius The quotation above explains the claim that is discussed in this essay; weather truth and falsehood can be distinguished. If a person claims they are aware of the truth‚ it is impossible for it to be absolute. Absolute truth would be information‚ which has not been manipulated
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the assessment process is inevitably complex and time-consuming. Thanks are‚ as always‚ extended to 300 examiners who assessed the essays‚ and whose individual reports form the basis for this subject report. In order to secure success for their students‚ schools are strongly recommended to ensure that this report and previous ones are read in detail by all TOK teachers‚ and the Diploma Programme Coordinator. The May 08 Subject Report‚ as the first Subject Report for the new assessment criteria
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Nick Roberson Mr. Scharff IB TOK 3rd June 2013 Language: Journal #3 1. Our language makes us more likely to notice some distinctions or to experience/perceive in certain ways. 2. Our differing environments‚ cultures and social needs will manifest themselves in differences in language. Concerning the first prompt‚ the language that we use causes us to notice the differences in the environment surrounding us because of the manner which it has been described to us. An
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