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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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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“We accept the truth of the reality with which we are presented.” –Christof Christof’s statement in the film The Truman Show represents how every person views their world. Every person accepts reality as it is‚ but only before they start questioning their own reality. In the film Truman himself accepts reality as it is presented‚ he doesn’t question the fact that the same events happen every single day of his life; waking up‚ going to work‚ being attacked by the neighbourhood dog and greeting
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Islamic Faith By definition Islamic faith is a monotheistic religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to God and to Muhammad as the chief and last prophet of God. Muslims are the people who practice this faith. There are five basic pillars of Islam. These pillars are said to be the framework of the Muslim life. These are the principles which they follow: the declaration of faith‚ Prayers‚ Zakah‚ which means purity‚ fasting during the month of Ramadan‚ and Hajj (Pilgrimage
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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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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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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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Mostafa El Aidy Theory of Knowledge Mr. Kuhl 28/2/2013 Theory of Knowledge Dictionary Argument Ad Ignorantiam: assuming that something is false only because it is not true. Certainty: being sure of something Common Sense: using your background knowledge and logic to decide whether something is true or false. Conformation Bias: agree to opinions and ideas only because they match one’s beliefs. Evidence: facts that support a claim. Gullibility: failure of intelligence in which a person is
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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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Alamine Jamai TOK-Metaphors 7/01/11 11th grade 1. To what extent does language generalize individual experience‚ classifying it within the experience of a linguistic group? Did it ever happen to you to be chilling with all your friends‚ suddenly an anecdote comes to mind; you finding it related to the subject
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