TOK SCAFFOLDING HANDOUT TITLE: Option 5 "Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements." To what extent do you agree with this statement. Possible Knowledge Questions " To what extent can our own bias actually be reliable upon what we don’t truly know about"? " Is it justified that one’s culture and upbringing can influence their sense of opinion?" "Can our own emotional human mind impact the way we perceive certain views?" "What roles does our own bias bring upon out instinctive
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Early this month we finished our final TOK presentation. I did mine with Faizaan‚ and we chose to take up the subject of philanthropy. The real reason that people give in the first place is a very controversial and relevant topic‚ and so we thought it would make a good topic for a presentation. It was very important for us to be interested in the topic we were going to be presenting‚ as we would be spending so many hours doing work on it- we are both interested in business and aspire to become businessmen
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Bringing TOK into everyday subject teaching Obtained from experienced TOK teachers working in specialist subject groups at the Madrid TOK conference November 2003. Compiled by Geoffrey Neuss Swedish A1 (Reporter: Håkon Kjellin‚ Täby Gymnasium‚ Sweden Hakan.Kjellin@tibble.taby.se) Interpretation: • Are there correct and incorrect interpretations? Or is relativism absolute when interpreting texts? Is there such a thing as over-interpretation? • What factors – individual psychological
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theorical arguments for this subject. Mankind has continiously produced knowledge‚ to solve practical problems of daily life‚ cope with catastrophes and diseases‚ make a move in political‚ technological and cultural areas or protect themselves‚ which has improved the feeling of responsibiltiy. How one can use acquired knowledge? Does an individual have to take responsibility when he knows? How ethics and religion take place in theory of knowledge? What is the philosopher’s point of view and
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Theory of knowledge Epistemology (theory of knowledge) is a small branch of philosophy‚ which includes studies of nature‚ methods‚ limitations‚ validity of knowledge‚ and also belief. Follows are some of the differences between Islamic and Secular perspective on this issue: Knowledge-by secular perspective * Meaning: A study of phenomena of nature that deny God as a creator. * Knowledge is information or data that can be verified through scientific experiments. * Individual are knowledgeable
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America has had a long history of racism. Racism has infiltrated every aspect of American society and shows no sign of decreasing. This fact is more easily understood if racism is viewed for what it really is at its core: an institutional ideology. It is a misunderstanding to equate racism with the evil-minded treatment of one individual to another. Racism is more than just personal hatred. No‚ racism is allowed to subsist because it is fostered and maintained by institutions and government‚ however
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What ADP/ADRP covers The Army? ADP/ADRP 1 In which domains do U.S. forces operate? Air‚ Land‚ Maritime‚ Space and Cyberspace. As a unique military profession‚ the army is built upon an ethos of trust. What are four other essential characeristics of our profession? Military expertise‚ Honorable service‚ Esprit De Corps‚ and Stewardship. what are the 11 primary missions of the U. S. Armed Forces? >Counter Terrosim and irrefular warfare >Deter and defeat aggression >Project power despite anti-access/area
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is right about the fact that bilingualism has a major influence on one person’s emotions or thoughts because every specific language has its own lexical and cultural script in order to provide emotions and feelings. Consequently‚ that leads to an alteration of the conceptual representation of emotion‚ therefore bilingual individuals are mostly tempted to express different emotions based on the language they are speaking at the time. Moreover‚they have to adopt different personalities considering
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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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through perception carries ethical responsibility - Reason – discuss whether or not reason can be used to determine the limits of ethical responsibility and what is morally right and wrong exploration of moral theories? - Role of language – natural language is used to express moral judgments – contain biases vague expressions‚ connotations and nuances may color ideas or lead to biased conclusions Areas of knowledge: - Discuss different areas of knowledge‚ e.g: - Arts: offending art
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