understand the world. Emotions as an obstacle to knowledge Emotions can distort: perception (emotional colouring)‚ reason and language Emotional colouring: A termed used to refer to the effect emotion can have on our perception causing us to be unaware of some aspects of our life. e.g. "Love is blind". If we love someone we tend to ignore the faults others may see in them. Reason can be
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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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TOK Outline Essay title – “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”. Evaluate this claim. What knowledge issues I think are involved • How can you possess knowledge? How do you acquire it and do these ways affect your responsibility of imparting it on others? • How is the knowledge you have affected by your personal ethics? Some people would have no problem giving out certain pieces of knowledge while others would be very trouble giving out exactly the same information
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INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE ORGANIZATION DIPLOMA PROGRAMME Chemistry For first examinations in 2003 http://www.xtremepapers.net Chemistry February 2001 © International Baccalaureate Organization 2001 International Baccalaureate Organization Route des Morillons 15 1218 Grand-Saconnex Geneva‚ SWITZERLAND CONTENTS PART 1—GROUP 4 INTRODUCTION 1 CURRICULUM MODEL 3 AIMS 6 OBJECTIVES 7 ACTION VERBS 8 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
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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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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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6 Emotion ’We think and name in one world‚ we live and feel in another.’ MARCEL PROUST‚ 1871-1922 ’Conquer your passions and you conquer the world.’ HINDU PROVERB ’The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.’ BLAISE PASCAL‚ 1623-62 ’Philosophy is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.’ F. H. BRADLEY‚ 1846-1924 ’Deep thinking is attainable only by a man of deep feeling.’ SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE‚ 1772-1834 ’Axioms in philosophy are not axioms
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false only because it is used as a trusted source. Relativism: points of view‚ ideas‚ and facts have no absolute truth or validity. Skepticism: the questioning of knowledge; questioning anything that could be true. Ways of Knowing: language‚ reason‚ emotion‚ and perception. Authority Worship: a person with authority is someone like your parents‚ teachers‚ and adults. And authority worship is the action of believing these people only because of authority. Expert Opinion: the opinion of someone
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appear to be quite confusing as they are to general or too far away from real life situations. So how and in what way models can help and hinder the search for knowledge in natural sciences‚ human sciences and arts I am going to argue in the following essay. In school we learn all our subjects with the help of models and especially in natural sciences we need them in order to assume what might happen if‚ say in biology‚ in a cell there is a lack of oxygen and we know and can explain with a model of a
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my homework and many other stupid things that now I regret. But its not just me‚ today when I look at the news‚ there is killing all over the world. People are killing each other for the sake of religion‚ money‚ physical attraction and many other reasons that doesn’t have anything to do with an individual; its not their fault. Its not only human beings that are suffering this madness but also the animals that can’t speak
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