TOK Essay Guideline A. Understanding the Knowledge Issue (/10) Must prove that you have understood the question. To do so‚ ask yourself the following questions: a. Is it possible to form a belief in response to the question you have chosen? b. How can you elevate your belief about the question into knowledge? c. Did you effectively link and compare the different areas of knowledge and/or ways of knowing? d. Did you demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of the knowledge issue
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about 20 years.” Way of knowing: Reason Counter Claim: Plastic bags should not be banned. Point1: Sometimes‚ people go shopping. But they don’t have a recycle bag‚ so they have to use plastic bag. It’s very easy. Way of Knowing: Language Potint2: “Plastic bags should not be banned because people use them in everyday life. They are very cheap and they contribute so many things such as school projects‚ eating‚ organizing‚ and storing.” Way of knowing: Reason Point3: “A WORCESTER businessman
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“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. Although human DNA is 99.9% the same‚ every person is unique in his own way. Our identity‚ which consists of our values and beliefs‚ can sometimes alter our take on the reality that surrounds us‚ for it is the lens through which we evaluate the world. Given that the word “see” in the prompt stands for sense perception and “understand” stands for interpretation and meaning
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Title: Counting the Number of Yeast Cells in a Suspension using Haemocytometer Objective: To estimate the number of cells of yeast per mm3 in five different dilutions of yeast suspension. Introduction: Biologists often need to count the density of cells in a liquid. “Density of cells” means “the number of cells per unit volume of liquid”. For example‚ they might want to find out the density of red blood cells in blood plasma‚ the density of bacteria in milk‚ or the population of Paramecium sp
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“That which is accepted as knowledge today is sometimes discarded tomorrow” Consider knowledge issues raised by this statement in two areas of knowledge There are two ways of accepting knowledge‚ one which can be collective acceptance as a general public and another is personal acceptance. In the question‚ it claims that knowledge‚ which is justified true belief according to Plato‚ regarded in a system of facts‚ can be accepted today and then discarded tomorrow. We can accept things as a fact
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Wednesday‚ April 11‚ 2012 Madee Vasa TOK essay #3 Do words have meaning or do we give them meaning? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet he wrote: “There is nothing either good or bad‚ but thinking makes it so.” What Shakespeare is saying in this quote is that everything in the world is only an inanimate presence until we bring it to life with our thoughts‚ which lead to perception‚ which then leads to actions. This can be applied also to language and the meaning of words. Do words really have a fixed
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emotional responses. | Content / Skills/ Learning Outcomes | Teaching and Learning Approaches | Content * Is it possible for artistic expression in visual arts to take the place of human’s five senses? * What are the roles of emotion and reason in the arts? * Students explore the sensory endorsement in commercial advertising and visual merchandising of different visual cultures * Students examine the concepts of abstract / non-objective arts from across times and cultures: Surrealism
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“The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”- Tanmay Dhanopia 11th C As we all know that possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility‚ sometimes both ethical responsibility and knowledge confuses us in making certain decisions. One fine morning I was sitting in my house’s balcony enjoying the lovely weather‚ I started reading a newspaper whose headline which was “the improvement in cosmetics by animal testing” attracted me as the whole article was providing details
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“To what extent is our knowledge in science certain?” People usually become certain of things after they have been proven to be true. The question we ask ourselves is: “To what extent is our knowledge in science certain?”. Well we may not be a hundred percent sure that what we know is true‚ yet when it comes to facts that have been proven by scientists‚ people do believe them‚ as they are perceived to be a worthy source of information‚ especially when experiments come along the observation with
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Title: TOK Essay 1/2012 Question: When should we trust our senses to give us truth? Name: Syaza Yasirah Bte Abu Bakar Class: P2 Index number: 14 Word Count: 1439 The Ways of Knowing of sense is related to empirical observation. From empiricism we might get facts‚ knowledge and truth. In this case‚ when our senses are reliable‚ it is defined as trust. Truth can be determined based on the three theories of truth. Although none of them is entirely satisfactory‚ each of the theories
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