Genie Wiley was a girl known as “the most isolated girl in recorded medical history”. For the first 13 years of her life, she was confined to a bedroom and isolated from normal human interaction. Due to Genie’s lack of stimuli, she was not capable of language. After an MRI scan, Genie showed the necessity…
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Reflection on TOK Practice Essay
The TOK practice essay that I wrote last week turned out to be a far bigger challenge than I had expected. I had the impression that writing the essay would come fluently as the writing is more abstract than the usual form of essays however, it took a lot more reflecting throughout the writing process….
“Without the group to verify it, knowledge is not possible”
(Read the instructions wrong, only chose one object) Human beings are wired to have beliefs about varying factors in their lives, whether it be about the people they are surrounded by, how they expect that future events will turn out, or simply about themselves. Every person in the world has their own beliefs, once you…
Are Some Things Unknowable?
Object: Cell in my body Cells are known as the basis of life, all living things are made of cells and all cells come from other cells. If something doesn’t follow these rules then it is not classified as “living”. The cell in my body is what makes me alive, just as the cell in…
In what ways do values affect the production of knowledge?
There is an idea among people that the world is built on right and wrong, and good and evil. Strictly speaking, this is a belief, there is no direct evidence to back this up. Yet, many people would not classify this as a belief but as knowledge. Of course, murder is wrong and donations to…
TOK first class
For our first class of TOK class, we were asked very simple questions but were encouraged to look deeper into it and have complex answers. The questions started easier with a photo of a bottle of wine and the question “Is this a good bottle of wine?” then progressed to more conceptual questions like “which…