“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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creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge. Compare and contrast knowledge which can be expressed in words/symbols with knowledge that cannot be expressed in this way. Consider CAS and one or more areas of knowledge. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to attain knowledge despite problems of bias and selection. When should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing? What is it about theories in the human
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Sarah Lee Word Count: 1534 Shared knowledge‚ in common sense‚ refers to a body of knowledge that is commonly accepted or rejected by a collective organization (IB TOK guide). Personal knowledge‚ on the other hand‚ refers to a body knowledge acquired from experiences of a particular individual (IB TOK guide). Since human beings are political animals‚ as Aristotle aptly points out‚ as humans‚ we are born into a certain form of community or society. Being born into a society requires
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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 that science is not strictly. In science we deduce a theory and extrapolate on that thory to redefine which is to some extent speculation
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American Sign Language can be almost considered nonexistent before the 1800’s. Although there was no standard language for deaf communication at that time‚ there were various signing systems that were used‚ which are now know as the Old American Sign Language. The Old American Sign Language is a relative of the modern American Sign Language. The history of American Sign Language is considered to have started by Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet‚ a Minister from Hartford‚ Connecticut. Dr. Gallaudet’s neighbor
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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Brief History of the English Language OLD ENGLISH 5th Century ---three Germanic tribes ----the Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes arrived in the British Isles. The Angles were named from ENGLE‚ their land of origin. Their language was called ENGLISC from which the word‚ English is derived. The Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes became known as the Anglo-Saxons. The Angles‚ Saxons‚ and Jutes became known as the Anglo-Saxons. Some words such as church‚ bishop‚ baptism‚ monk‚ eucharis‚ and presbyter came indirectly
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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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years‚ it was going through a constant change. By 1100‚ it had been a completely different language compared to its earliest stage in terms of appearance and sound. Then‚ a question ‘Why Old English is different from Present Day English?’ might come across our mind. The modest answer addressing this question is that language changes overtime‚ particularly when English was only regarded as spoken language almost a thousand years ago before it was standardized. McGillivray (n.d) explained two factors
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4. Development of Diphthongs 5. The great Vowel Shift 6. Changes of short vowels in Early NE. 7. Growth of long monophthongs and diphthongs in Early New English due to vocalisation of consonants 8. Quantitative vowel changes in Early New English 9. Evolution of consonants in Middle English and Early New English 10. Growth of sibilants and affricates 11. Treatment o fricative consonants in Middle English and Early New English 12. Loss of consonants
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