BODY LANGUAGE * Body language is a form of mental and physical ability of human non-verbal communication‚ which consists of body posture‚ gestures‚ facial expressions‚ and eye movements. Humans send and interpret such signals almost entirely subconsciously. * Body language can show feelings to other person‚ which works in return for other people * Many times body language can give us a clear picture of what other people think and feel. Scientists have researched a lot about body language
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TOK Essay on History (Pompeii Activity) Dear students Please choose one of the past TOK prescribed titles in order to analyse the Pompeii Activity dealing with: AOK: History‚ Natural Sciences WOK: Reason‚ Sense Perception‚ Language‚ Emotion Concepts: Certainty‚ Evidence‚ Explanation‚ Interpretation‚ Technology Knowledge Questions: Bias‚ selection‚ absolute claims‚ conflicting interpretations 1. Using history and at least one other area of knowledge‚ examine the claim that it is possible to
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was the first person to use the word in its modern sense.) The origin of the word is of more than passing interest. Theory of Knowledge (TOK) is concerned with questions that do not have definite answers. This does not make such questions redundant. On the contrary‚ many of the most important questions in life do not have definite answers. When writing a TOK essay‚ it is best to think not so much in terms of answering a question as of illuminating a problem. That is what you are trying to do. A
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Niki Ahmadi TOK Essay January 20‚ 2013 The Possession of Knowledge Carries an Ethical Responsibility “The possession of knowledge carries an ethical responsibility.” The challenge in understanding this claim lies in its broadness. Stated as such without qualification‚ the statement has no real context and cannot be confirmed or disaffirmed with any solid justification. This is the nature of language: words in and of themselves do not come with a history behind their meaning‚ the various ways
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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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TOK You can not call a house made of nothing but a pile of bricks‚ a house‚ as it needs cement around its stones to have them stick together to be build from its base‚ all the way tot he roof. Other factors would be glass for windows and tiles for the roof‚ which is why neither a pile of bricks‚ nor just a design is what makes up the house. Henri Poincare uses the metaphor of a house to describe science. But what we need to consider is the definition of a fact and also by what process these
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“There are only two ways that humankind can produce knowledge: through passive observation or through active experiment” To what extent do you agree with this statement? To begin with‚ we need to specially define several key words in the statement. From my point of view‚ “produce knowledge” means the creation of new knowledge‚ including both personal knowledge and shared knowledge; “passive observation” refers to accepting and perceiving the incidences happened without active response; “active experiment”
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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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TOK Writing Assignment “When the only tool you have is a hammer‚ all problems begin to resemble nails.” (Abraham Maslow) How might this apply to ways of knowing‚ as tools‚ in the pursuit of knowledge? Ways of knowing embody memory‚ language‚ emotion‚ intuition‚ sense perception‚ reason‚ imagination‚ and faith‚ which take part in the process of acquiring knowledge. For instance‚ language can be considered as a means of exchanging the knowledge with each other and emotion is a way to express our
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A HISTORY OF OUR LANGUAGE The English Language is Rich in its history. Studying the events that formed our language is vital to understand not only why we speak the way we do‚ but it also enables us to understand who we are. It comprises French‚ Latin‚ German‚ Norse‚ and a few lesser known tongues. Before there was written English‚ our texts were primarily written in Latin‚ and were reserved to be read by only the Pious and Royal. We also have historical landmarks such as Stonehenge that can guide
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