T.O.K Task: Discuss the problems of induction and give examples. You must include one example from your own learning experience. It would be an example you examined in one of your subjects‚ or it could be from personal experience. I think the first question we shall ask ourselves is: what is induction? Induction is the process of taking into consideration general observations or personal experiences and state them as general beliefs. On the other hand‚ deduction is made of general statements
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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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Lucian Skerjanec Date: 23/11/12 IB 11 TOK Mr. Bryant Theory of Knowledge IB 11 Semester 1 Test Review Guide Propositional Knowledge and “Knowing That” Plato and his students began studying knowledge by analyzing if it was valid. They came to conclude that for knowledge to be certain‚ it must… Can be described and communicated to anyone effectively and accurately. It must be absolutely convincing to anyone you communicate with. A “proposition” is a formal statement of convincing knowledge
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Presentations Organizational Communication 410 In today’s society there is a need to provide the masses with valuable information. From small businesses to massive corporations. Presentations can be given in a multitude of ways‚ written in an email or memo‚ face to face interaction or on a larger scale in an auditorium to a group. “Communication‚ both spoken and written‚ is always addressed to an audience‚ a set of listeners or readers you are intending to convey information to or have some
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Question: “It is more important to discover new ways of thinking about what is already known than to discover new data or facts. To what extent would you agree with this claim?” According to the Miriam-Webster dictionary‚ data can be defined as factual information used as basis for reasoning‚ discussion‚ or calculation. By the same dictionary‚ fact is defined as a piece of information presented as having objective reality. In this essay‚ it is vital to distinguish that the issue the question
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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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“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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Mathematics Notes Introduction: * Characterized as a search for abstract patterns * The fact that if you take two of anything and another two you end up with four of that thing * Any circle no matter the size‚ if you take its circumference divide in by its diameter you end up with the value 3.14… * Mathematics not only gives certainty but practical value * Galileo: book of nature is written in mathematics * Mathematics also “leaves us with nowhere to hide” because
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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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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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