To what extent is sense perception a good foundation for reliable knowledge? Sitting in this classroom today‚ I can see different things around me‚ smell different smells around the room‚ feel the keyboard underneath my fingertips‚ taste the apple I had during lunch and hear all the different sounds coming from all different people in the room. I can say I know this to be true because we perceive the world through our five senses: sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ touch and smell. Knowledge is what we learn
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Wilde Theory of Knowledge 3 May 2012 TOK Essay Response: Critical and Creative Thinking Since the dawn of humanity‚ man has sought to gain further insight on life through attaining knowledge. Knowledge can be defined as any information gained through personal experience. The means of obtaining knowledge include four main branches: reason‚ perception‚ language‚ and emotion. Despite the means‚ all knowledge is formulated through the process of thinking. Thinking refers to the use of the mind
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vocabulary we have does more than communicate our knowledge; it shapes what we can know’. Evaluate this claim with reference to different areas of knowledge.” At first glance this title seems to be ridiculous. Our vocabulary can have complete control over what we can know’. It seems unlikely that there is knowledge that cannot be obtained due to the limits of our vocabulary. However when you look at this in depth it seems to be true. What is vocabulary? Vocabulary are the words we use. Vocabulary has a
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What do our maps have to do with our views of the world? Maps never accurately demonstrate the world scientifically. Instead‚ it serves as more of a perceived notion of territorial borders and power. Any given map is subject to bias in regards to detail and size depending on where it was created. A country with multiple islands and curvy topography essentially pay more attention to the detail and accuracy of that region‚ as opposed to an equally detailed country on the other side of the world. Nationalism
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which are: emotion‚ reason‚ language‚ and perception. If something that is believed to be true can be looked at through these four ways of knowing‚ then it is mostly likely true‚ and not just believed to be true. For example‚ it is true that I have‚ what is generally known as “red hair.” I perceive my hair to be of a reddish color. Using reason‚ I can deduce that I am a “red-head” because my hair is not brown enough to be considered “brunette”‚ nor is it light and honey-colored enough to be considered
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Memory ‘Memory – like liberty – is a fragile thing’ – Elizabeth Loftus. What does this statement suggest about memory as a way of knowing in the pursuit of ethical knowledge? Loftus suggests that memory‚ like liberty (i.e. freedom)‚ is something that can easily be manipulated due to its delicate nature. The title assumes that we can recall on past events in order to draw reasonable conclusions surrounding ethical issues. In order to understand the question raised in the title more easily it could
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acquisition of knowledge. a. Example i. In history‚ when I was studying the Arab-Israeli conflict‚ which is greatly known to be one of the most controversial conflicts in history‚ every aspect needed to be considered. In order to actually understand what was going on‚ I asked about why the Jews (Zionists) felt such a great deal of pressure. To my dismay‚ it wasn’t only just the fact that there were Arabs in their land‚ but also because of other factors. These factors included Hitler’s rise to power
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Art is a diverse range of human activities and the products of those activities; this article focuses primarily on the visual arts‚ which includes the creation of images or objects in fields including painting‚ sculpture‚ printmaking‚ photography‚ and other visual media. Architecture is often included as one of the visual arts; however‚ like the decorative arts‚ it involves the creation of objects where the practical considerations of use are essential—in a way that they are usually not for a painting
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What is considered art has been a controversial question for many years in history and today. There are various forms and types of art. Because art is very complex and diverse‚ it is viewed and conceptualized in many different ways. Nancy G. Heller states even though a type of artwork is hard to understand‚ it’s considered art‚ and artwork that people don’t understand shouldn’t be disregarded from other types of art. She feels as though people shouldn’t be intimidated by artwork that’s hard to understand
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author‚ historian and scholar Morris Bishop made a statement as to conceptualize what he considered knowledge to be. In his opinion‚ knowledge is “a collection of scraps and fragments that we put together into a pleasing design‚ and often the discovery of one fragment would cause us to alter utterly the whole design”. In the essay that follows‚ I will discuss the theory proposed by Morris Bishop and describe to what extent it is true‚ in reference to two areas of knowledge; history and the natural
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