Most philosophers think that you cannot know that something is true without believing it is true. If you do not believe that a fish cannot breathe out of water‚ then you do not know it. Believing is a requirement of knowing. That said‚ how justified must our beliefs be to constitute knowledge? How valuable is this knowledge in which we believe in? I suppose in our society today‚ the value of knowledge at most times is dependent on the justifications that we give it. It would seem reasonable to
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How important is that we are certain about what we claim as knowledge? According to my opinion‚ it is crucial to identify what we claim as knowledge. The world has a lot of information but not all of them can be claimed as knowledge that is suitable to. Everything from your opinion to the life changing decisions you make are dependent on the knowledge that you identify as your own through your own perspectives and also through your experiences. To me‚ unnecessary knowledge is something a person
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Discuss the extent to which a knowledge of wider management issues‚ such as leadership and team working might improve the career prospects of someone wishing to work in the field of business management ● Define the terms leadership / teamwork / …. Read what one or two noted authors say about leadership / teamwork and use a quote from each of them to explore a little furtehr what teamwork / leadership mean to those who use them. discuss‚ look at both sides of an issue‚ compare‚ contrast
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TOK ESSAY CAN WE HAVE BELIEFS OR KNOWLEDGE WHICH ARE INDEPENDENT OF OUR CULTURE? The main aim of the essay is to find out if we have beliefs or rather knowledge which are independent of our culture. To do my investigation‚ I am going to follow different areas of beliefs and culture that I need. Culture is roughly perhaps a range of activities which are cultivated as a pattern of behaviour in a group of humans over time‚ and the manifest fruits of that behaviour. This would presumably include
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know of its complications in the 21st century world. Knowledge acquisition and vocabulary has a unique relationship‚ which is directly linked to Language as a Way of Knowing. The claim discusses whether our vocabulary is a simple reaction to our previous knowledge or is our knowledge acquisition shaped by the vocabulary we know. On one hand‚ our vocabulary had become so influential that our world is completely built and dependent on it‚ which is the pinnacle point of Whorfarianism. On the other hand
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Knowledge is power? Tell me‚ how much power is that? How much will be its impact in upholding the truth? Does truth have to be valued? A wise and old saying that people still believe until now is “truth hurts but it will set you free.” I’ve watched many dramas where characters are fighting with all their might just to know the truth. It’s true and always will be‚ that compassionate value in truth will release you from the prison of darkness that lies cover. Bondage. Cruelty. Lies. Why
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Claim: Can we have knowledge independent of our culture? Counterclaim: All knowledge is based on our culture‚ without culture there is no knowledge. Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ music and arts. Since we come into the world‚ we become part of a culture. Our parents and guardians slowly push us into it‚ they teach us about values‚ traditions‚ religion and everything else that can be called culture
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1) " Can we have beliefs or knowledge which are independent of our culture?" Culture is “mankind’s primary adaptive mechanism". Essentially‚ culture is a shared store of values and beliefs common to a group of people. The prevalence of culture in the life of the individual leads to the question‚ " Can we have beliefs or knowledge which are independent of our culture?" Two terms must first be defined: knowledge and beliefs. A belief may be defined as “the ideas in which we have faith in
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Why should we gain knowledge? What purpose does it have in our lives? A quick or succinct answer to that would be that we want to answer the doubts in our lives and learn how to survive in the world we live. However‚ gaining knowledge is not something we have complete control over. As babies‚ we are always gaining new knowledge unconsciously and unintentionally‚ that we then apply in our everyday lives to make it easier. For example‚ when a baby cries‚ his mother comes rushing to him to soothe him
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What is knowledge? What is knowledge? The question is hard to answer. People are not sure what is knowledge and the philosopher too. in dictionary meant that : the fact or condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association; acquaintance with or understanding of a science‚ art‚ or technique; the range of one’s information or understanding; the circumstance or condition of apprehending truth or fact through reasoning. According to the philosophy knowledge have
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