“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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Pleasantville Responses 1. In Pleasantville‚ the women stay at home and cater to their husbands and children whereas the men work and earn the money to support the family. For example‚ when Dave and Jennifer first arrived to Pleasantville‚ the first thing their mother did was serve them a delicious intricate breakfast that she had prepared‚ while their father sat by reading the newspaper then headed out to work. Women are expected to be trophy wives that do everything perfectly; they must always
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imagery * Be able to use subject specific terminology for art appreciation and criticism * Be able to produce a thematic artwork that demonstrate skills appropriate to cultural conventions | Learning experiences * Students have no prior knowledge in abstract art. The teacher begins with the topic and discusses the essential qualities of human sense organs and
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Harry Ma 2013/03/19 Mr.Hodachok “To what extent does disagreement aid the pursuit of knowledge in the natural science?” The problem with natural science with the truth discovered is that an over confident belief on an aspect of knowledge or science‚ may lead to blindness in other aspects of the same field. Going back to the very start to the discovery of laws and theories in natural science‚ when unknown factors are first discovered by observation‚ scientists and experimentalists question
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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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TOK Essay – Final draft By: Sakshi Khanna 13B Word count: 1413 “That which can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence.” – Christopher Hitchens. Do you agree? “Seeing is believing.” Evidence can clarify doubts in certain areas of knowledge and can bring about conclusions. These assertions and dismissals can be driven by emotion and bias‚ while some individuals prefer to choose reason and logic over emotion in coming to asserting something‚ that is‚ they tend to assert
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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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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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