TOK Essay: When should we discard explanations that are intuitively appealing? Many question its reliability because at times‚ intuition is of great help to us‚ but other times‚ it may influence us in making the biggest mistakes. Before we are able to decide whether or not “intuitively appealing” explanations should be considered‚ we need to define the word. Simply‚ intuition is a method of attaining knowledge without the use of reason. It is the direct knowledge that we can access without rational
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Arts Name: James Park Introduction: Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: In our culture‚ humans create certain objects for aesthetically pleasing reasons rather than of practical value. Creativity seems to distinguish human beings from other animals (highest and most satisfying form of human life. Arts include not only painting and sculpture‚ but dance‚ film‚ literature‚ music and theatre as well. What is art? Essential Ideas & TOK vocabulary: “What distinguishes worthwhile art from junk?” Art
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3 Developing Vocabulary in Second Language Acquisition: From Theories to the Classroom Jeff G. Mehring Abstract This paper examines the theories behind vocabulary acquisition in second language learning in order to put these theories into practice in a class. Learning vocabulary is an ongoing process which requires systematic repetition to help students learn‚ especially low context vocabulary. Students can retain the vocabulary they find useful and relevant to their subject matter by learning
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Theory of Knowledge Éanna OBoyle ToK Mathematics “... what the ordinary person in the street regards as mathematics is usually nothing more than the operations of counting with perhaps a little geometry thrown in for good measure. This is why banking or accountancy or architecture is regarded as a suitable profession for someone who is ‘good at figures’. Indeed‚ this popular view of what mathematics is‚ and what is required to be good at it‚ is extremely prevalent; yet it would be laughed at
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Unpacking the TOK Essay Title ‘Doubt is the key to knowledge’ (Persian Proverb). To what extent is this true in ethics and in one other area of knowledge? 1. Central terms and phrases in the title: doubt‚ key to knowledge‚ ethics‚ extent and true. 2. Explicit demands: Explain to what extent the quote is true. Relate this quote to ethics and one other area of knowledge. 3. Implicit demands: define doubt in relation to knowledge. Define ethics and the other area of knowledge. Discuss‚
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How The Brain’s Flaws Shape Our Lives‚ by Dean Buonomano‚ gives us insight into this and many other hurdles humans must overcome on a daily basis due to outdated brain features that were once advantageous for survival. When evolutionary adaptations are taken out of context‚ they often result in deleterious effects for the organism.
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Mr. Marana Y11 TOK FORMAL PAPER It had been a common question and debate on how people think based on the things that they know. Many people believe that things that we know are based on the things that are established on us through our culture‚ environment and society. According to the prompt that "We see and understand things not as they are but as we are"‚ this statement be a common ground of discussion in this paper. While this maybe a knowledge claim‚ a possible counter claim
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nature (“What is it About Theories”). That being said‚ theories are built around prior knowledge and evidence that corresponds to what we already hold as true. Furthermore‚ theories are able to be falsified which can result in two issues with knowledge‚ past experience interference and bias. The question now is why are theories in the sciences so convincing as opposed to theories in other realms of knowledge? To answer this question it is vital to define a convincing theory. For the purposes of
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Tok Essay “We see and understand things not as they are but as we are”‚ this claim shows how much our beliefs and experiences changes how we view the world. Our beliefs and experiences are what make us who “we are”‚ therefore this are what influence on our ways of knowing. Since the ways of knowing is what shapes our understanding of the world and views then we can see things as “we are”. Examples of this would be: “The needs of the many outweighs the need of the few”(Star Trek II: The Wrath of
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Module 1 vocabulary Mathieu Orfila published work on poisons and how they affected animals. Francis Galton studied fingerprints and developed a methodology for their classification. In a book published in 1892‚ Galton showed the uniqueness of fingerprints and how they could be used for identification. Dr. Leone Lattes figured out a way to determine the type of blood from a dried bloodstain and began applying the new test to criminal investigations. Calvin Goddard found a way of using a comparison
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