With reference to two AOK‚ discuss the ways in which shared knowledge can shape personal knowledge Sarah Lee Word Count: 1534 Shared knowledge‚ in common sense‚ refers to a body of knowledge that is commonly accepted or rejected by a collective organization (IB TOK guide). Personal knowledge‚ on the other hand‚ refers to a body knowledge acquired from experiences of a particular individual (IB TOK guide). Since human beings are political animals‚ as Aristotle aptly points out
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3. ”The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility”. Evaluate this claim (notes) Key words: Knowledge‚ ethical responsibility‚ evaluate - Evaluate = explore to what extent the statement is true given different interpretations of knowledge and the idea of ethical responsibility + evaluate the statement in contexts of ways of knowing and areas of knowing - Ethical responsibility = refers to the idea that you should do something to correct a harmful situation or prevent harm from
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TOK essay Yoonhee‚ Ki Word Count: 688 “Doubt is the key to knowledge”. To what extent is this true in the area of knowledge “The natural sciences”? Natural science is one of the most remarkable achievements that mankind could have achieved because it gives us chance to step forward toward mysteries of the world‚ secrets of living organisms; furthermore it improves our quality of lives by offering convenient materials that our ancestors had never dreamed of. These
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he is in. Unfortunately‚ Elie is not comforted by these experiences and he loses his head faith. It is the Jewish New Year in the camp and everyone is praising God. Elie suddenly realizes he has no reason to praise him. He asks God why He is putting them through such terrors‚ but does not receive an answer. This is
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The problem of Induction – Induction Science is supposed to be an empirical discipline which makes no claims beyond what has been observed. Therefore we have a dillema we could refuse to make any claims beyond what we observe and retain the idea of empirical science or we could defend the right of scientist to reason from the particulae to the genréral and accept that science is not strictly empirical. We could defend the right of science to reason from a particular to the general and accept
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would say faith played a huge part of the story also. Oedipus rex was a tale of a man that had to overcome adversity through his journey. His parents left him as an infant and never looked backed. As the time went on he got older and wiser. When he got older an oracle told him that he was going to kill his father and impregnate his mother. These were the two main ironies portrayed in the story. The slaughter of Oedipus’ father‚ the incestual relationship with his mother‚ and his faith of being able
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November 2013 Theory of knowledge prescribed titles Instructions to candidates Your theory of knowledge essay for examination must be submitted to your teacher for authentication. It must be written on one of the six titles (questions) provided below. You may choose any title‚ but are recommended to consult with your teacher. Your essay will be marked according to the assessment criteria published in the Theory of Knowledge guide. The focus of your essays should be on knowledge issues. Where appropriate
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Cash basis accounting predicts a periodic measure of performance that is used to predict future cash flows. This is the difference between cash receipts and cash payments from transactions related to providing goods and services during a reporting period. “Revenue is recognized when cash is received and expense is recognized when cash is paid”. ("Accrual basis accounting‚"). “When transactions are recorded on a cash basis‚ they affect a company’s books only once a completed exchange of value has
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Can Knowledge be defined? Explain and defend your answer. Knowledge is Functional Defining knowledge has been an ongoing debate for philosophers in the field of epistemology. To come to a conclusion about if knowledge can be defined or not we need to look at theories of knowledge and the different views philosophers who have studied epistemology have. To define knowledge one must find a definition that states‚ what is necessary for knowledge as well as sufficient and cannot be challenged by counter
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