We achieve the best results when we use all four ways of knowing in order to come to a conclusion

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“We achieve the best results when we use all four ways of knowing in order to come to a conclusion”

- Discuss the notion with regard to the process if choosing an EE question.

“Achievement”, “success”, “triumph”, all these words are very positive to an average human. They indicate the epitome of accomplishment and is a state of mind that we can say generally every human hopes to reach. But on what basis or standards do we judge this success? As a student of the International Baccalaureate Diploma, I can safely assume that my standard of judging the quality of work is by grading it. This means that I have used an already existing form of evaluation and ranking to judge a situation. I could be mislead by this, and the means of judging can be widely opinionated. But my assumption is that my IB grades will hold be a large factor in determining my “success” or “achievement”. Hence I will assume that by getting the highest grades for my Extended Essay, I would, in my opinion, have achieved the “best” results.

In order to make a decision for a completely unbiased and well thought out extended essay question, I will have to use the four ways of knowing to evaluate different situations. By using the four ways of knowing; Language, Perception, Reason and Emotion, I will be able to lay out my knowledge, evaluate how reliable, accurate, and unbiased it is, and then confidently say that the decision I have made on my Extended Essay Question is the “best” choice for me. I will look at all four ways of knowing individually.

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Language serves as our most primary form of communication in this day and age. If two people do not speak the same language, it is extremely difficult to get convey knowledge between them and any attempt can run the risk of misinterpretation. It would be hard for us to imagine a school or any way of transmitting knowledge without the use of language as language is itself a medium through which we acquire knowledge. But, language itself cannot always independently affect knowledge. For example, if a man who speaks only French were to meet a man who speaks only ...

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