“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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From the IBO TOK Guide 2015 Knowledge questions TOK is primarily concerned with knowledge questions. This phrase is used often in describing what is seen in a good TOK presentation or a good TOK essay. An essay or presentation that does not identify and treat a knowledge question has missed the point. It also occurs in the assessment descriptors that examiners use to mark the essay and that the teacher uses to mark the presentation. To put it briefly‚ the whole point of the presentat
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of facts that the student might already have‚ he can develop the thought in his or her mind and therefore gain new knowledge about a theoretical process that was proven to take place in the human body. Another model‚ which however is not as accurate also in Biology is the Sigmoid Population growth curve. It displays the population growth of a species over a period of time that settled in a new place. It is a generalised idea‚ which does not have to take place but is very likely to and has already
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as having objective reality. In this essay‚ it is vital to distinguish that the issue the question addresses is whether discovering new ways of thinking about what is already known is more important that discovering new data or facts‚ rather than which is important. The phrase “new ways of thinking”‚ though‚ proves to be debatable. This is because‚ new ways of thinking can be observed when a particular information is analyzed through a new or different perspective. However‚ no one person inteprets
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member of Mr. Ford’s executive who surprised many by introducing the ban.’ When people buy something they can get some plastic bags. These plastic bags will be put into the bin‚ and it will cause white pollution and air pollution. Way of Knowing: Language Point 2: “They kill everything human and fish alike. They take a long time to biodegrade-Most plastic bags used either end up as litter or in landfills (less than 1 percent is recycled). In a landfill‚ it’s estimated that one plastic bag takes
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Subject: | DP Visual Arts | Unit Title: | Five senses | Start date: | 2013 | Duration / weeks: | Five | Significant Concept(s) / Unit Overview | Emotions change our perception. Through a study of sensory endorsement from popular art cultures‚ students will gain an understanding of how the five senses can be transformed (sight‚ sound‚ taste‚ smell‚ touch) into abstract arts for emotional responses. | Content / Skills/ Learning Outcomes | Teaching and Learning Approaches | Content
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Andrej Grupkovic Dr. Bammi TOK Period 7 February 2nd‚ 2013 IB T.O.K. Journal #1 Assumptions Statement “Human beings are unaware of their assumptions‚ much like fish are unaware of the water they live in” A Great king of Montenegro‚ Sir Njegoš‚ once stated that the biggest secret in this world is what does a man truly think. We consider ourselves as a dominating species on this planet; we believe that the knowledge we have created and teach is the knowledge that is‚ so to speak correct
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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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English Should Be the Only Official Language in the U.S. Right after Qing Shi Huang‚ the First Emperor of Qin Dynasty‚ unified ancient China in 221 B.C‚ he promoted a series of revolutionary policies. One of them is “Shu Tong Wen”‚ meaning over the kingdom‚ all writing should be with the same characters. It was the first time that China has an “official language”. Before then‚ one Chinese character could be written in several versions and sound extremely different‚ which was a great hinder to production
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“The lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “first they came” by Martin Neimoller are both great story’s where the theme is standing up for what is right isn’t always the easiest path. In the lottery Mrs. Hutchinson wins and because she followed the crowd and played the game. And that doesn’t work out to well‚ and when the speaker in first they came does what everyone else does he is nearly executed. When the Hutchinson family wins the lottery Tessie Hutchinson is not very happy‚ in paragraph 45 and 46
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