TOK essay – November 2012 * “There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false.” “Everything we hear is an opinion‚ not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective‚ not the truth.” Marcus Aurelius The quotation above explains the claim that is discussed in this essay; weather truth and falsehood can be distinguished. If a person claims they are aware of the truth‚ it is impossible for it to be absolute. Absolute truth would be information‚ which has not been manipulated
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Importance of Knowing the Patient in Nursing Care Knowing the patient is a reoccurring theme in a nurse’s life. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the specific understanding of knowing the patient‚ and the important role it has on nursing practice. Understanding the patient’s needs‚ and learning typical patterns of the patient increases the overall care given and critical for overall clinical decision making (Tanner‚ Benner‚ Chesla‚ & Gordon‚ 1993). The article The Phenomenology of Knowing the Patient
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Knowing God How do babies know how to eat? It is by pure instinct alone that we learn how to eat; it comes naturally to us. We can almost say that eating comes through general revelation. One can call general revelation natural revelation‚ not because it comes naturally to us but because it takes place within the realm of nature. General revelation comes through natural means‚ observation of the physical universe‚ reasoning and human conscience. Christians have used this term to describe the knowledge
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about some things‚ but from experience I learnt that everyone struggled with doubts. However‚ this course questioned everything I assumed to ‘know’ and was sure about! For me‚ this course is a good way to experience something completely new‚ as it encourages me to broaden my horizon. It makes me aware of my way of thinking. Since I am not a great thinker‚ I could perhaps change that when I will open my mind. Wait‚ did I not learn about that in class? Of course I did‚ being receptive to new ideas and
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Model ToK Oral Presentation Understanding the Vancouver Riots: a TOK analysis of the violence following the Stanley Cup Hockey Finals on June 15th‚ 2011 Objectives of ToK Oral Presentation Identify and explore a Knowledge Issue (KI) raised by a Real-life Situation (RLS) Show insightful thinking about KI‚ supporting ideas about knowledge claims‚ justifying thinking‚ making connections with ToK concepts Presentation should have two stages: an introduction and brief explanation
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absence of knowledge but the illusion of knowledge.’ Daniel Boorstin‚ 1914–2004 ‘The familiar is not understood simply because it is familiar.’ Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel‚ 1770–1831 ‘There are two ways to slide easily through life: to believe everything‚ or to doubt everything; both ways save us from thinking.’ Alfred Korzybski‚ 1879–1950 ‘By doubting we are led to enquire‚ and by enquiry we perceive the truth.’ Peter Abélard‚ 1079–1142 ‘We know too much to be sceptics and too little
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Knowledge Issue: There a conflict between emotion and reason within physics. How far do you agree with this? What is physics? It comes from the Greek word physis. “Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through space-time‚ along with related concepts such as energy and force”- Wikipedia. Physics is everything in this world. It is used to see how the universe behaves. This makes both reason and emotion a part of physics despite their importance in the proving
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SAMPLE TOK ESSAY GUIDE Knowledge claims must be filtered through the critical lens of reason. Do you agree? Understanding the question: The Q reminds us of Socrates’ saying: ’The unexamined life is not worth living.’ What did he mean? Should we question everything‚ even at the expense of our own personal (and social) happiness and sanity? The openness of the Q allows you to look at numerous knowledge claims (make a list in advance) and what they attempt to establish. At first glance‚ wouldn’t
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their family when people are saying bad or harmful things about them. The difficult path in this scenario is you or me having to confront the angry people to calm them down and help them understand what they don’t know about the family. Then also knowing that those people might hurt you for even walking near them. John F. Kennedy once said " It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped." This means that courage and belief are forever intertwigned and change
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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. Louise Hansen IB candidate#: 000768-019 American School of the Hague Theory of Knowledge Essay May 2010 Word Count: 1‚599 “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. In 1991 the Soviet Union collapsed‚ and it was the end of the Cold War. Who was responsible for ending
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