Truth is that to which the community ultimately settles down (Charles Peirce). Analyse and evaluate this claim.
Essay 1 "Truth is that to which the community ultimately settles down" (Charles Peirce). Analyse and evaluate this claim. Truth--its definition, its pursuit, its discovery--is central to much of human intellectual activity. One place we look for clues about what is true is in the trends of the community. We may attempt to find it in religion or cultural beliefs, for example, that we have learned from a community that shares these beliefs. We know the earth is round or that war is bad because everyone knows it. 5 Pierce's statement praises this way of knowing, suggesting that community, whatever that community may be, is a key to the search for truth. This suggestion is tied to the idea of a body of human knowledge, the idea that the human race progresses as each community member adds to the world's knowledge, relying on what others have concluded is true and then building on it with his or her own new knowledge. Thus, knowledge is a group pursuit, closely tied to community. 0 There are many types of communities. The whole human race may be thought of as a knowledge community. The smaller group of all scientists is often referred to as the scientific community. Even a ToK class is a kind of community. Depending on what truth we seek, we may tie it to the community of the whole world or to a smaller community that reflects a focus on a particular area of
Commentary on extract from 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" by Lord Byron
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage This extract form the poem 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimage' by Lord Byron expresses the spiritual journey that the character Childe Harold is going through, and how the beauty of nature is spoiled. In this extract the character is reflecting on the raw beauty of nature, and on the destructive behavior of humans on nature. Through this poem the emotions and the tone change from meditative to powerful and angry. These changes are revealed through diction, imagery, and the structure. The vivid imagery created by Lord Byron through the poem helps the readers to experience a dramatic picture full of emotions and feelings that the character developed through out the poem. In the first stanza the poet describes the raw beauty of nature, such as 'deep sea', 'music in its roar'. This description in the introductive stanza helps to create the lonely meditative mood that the character is going through in his spiritual journey. As the emotions evolve into stronger and angrier emotions the images become more aggressive and powerful, setting this change is the first line in the second stanza as Harold addresses the 'deep', 'dark blue' ocean. The line 'A shadow of a man's ravage' helps the readers to imagine the man as evil and vile. Using the simile 'like a drop of water' to compare the size of the man to the ocean's size shows how insignificant humans are to
The Road not taken
The Road Not Taken On first reading "The Road Not taken" seems formal and moralistic There are 4 stressed syllables per line, the rhyme scheme throughout the poem "ABAAB" creates the flow in the poem, the punctuation steps in shows contrast which in life there are decisions and what decisions you make reflects the start and the stop point in your life. There are only full stops in the 3rd stanza because he is confused "I doubled if I should ever come back" confused about if he could ever go back to the point where he had to choose the two roads. Also shows that its not easy for him to back as he struggles to make the decision to the road he chooses, the roads also represent life as one road leads to another just like life, as well as life is short which where he has no time to go back and take the other road the metaphor for wood and forks is life itself. "two roads diverged in a yellow wood" the key word is "two" in our lives we face decisions where we have two choices, even when it seems there is only one choice, we can or not do it so there are two alternatives, also "Yellow wood" questions reader what time of day it is? What feeling do you get from yellow? What season it is? A "No one has yet walked upon the leaves" initiate that it is autumn and yellow is an autumn color. "And sorry I could not travel both and be one traveler, long I stood" tells the reader that
Compare and Contrast Characters and Presentation of Fiela Komoetie and Barta Van Rooyen
Compare and Contrast Characters and Presentation of Fiela Komoetie and Barta Van Rooyen. Although Dalene Matthee's novel is set up at the turn of the twentieth century in a predominantly male South Africa, two of the most notable female characters of the novel stand out from amongst the others due to their impact on the development of the central events. I am today going to concentrate on the representation of Fiela Komoetie and Barta Van Rooyen, who appear to exist in different worlds with their own roles and status in the respective families. These two female figures play an eminent role in the life of the main protagonist of the novel, Benjamin Komoetie and undoubtedly affect the utter existence of the two families. The Komoetie family, based in the dry climate of the Wolwekraal represent the poor class of the South African society which is predominantly black. The family belongs to those who have to work hard for their money on the arid land that they inhabit. In the Komoetie family, Fiela Apoools, which is her maiden name, acts as the head of the family taking control over the daily routines that the family goes through. Although she is the female figure in the family, she clearly possesses more authority over her male counterpart, Selling, who is no able to do hard work due to his physical ailments. Fiela often uses her authority to force other members of the
Hedda Gabler. In the play Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen chooses to develop his characters slowly, revealing their strengths and weaknesses as the drama unfolds, progressively adding layers to each personage.
In the play Hedda Gabler, Henrik Ibsen chooses to develop his characters slowly, revealing their strengths and weaknesses as the drama unfolds, progressively adding layers to each personage. The first impressions gained of the characters are consistently accurate representations of their natures, while not being whole pictures. Ibsen prefers to allow the continuing character interactions to define each one a little at a time. The dynamic between three characters in particular remains the same throughout the story, but reveals with each successive encounter the particular nature of their relationships, as well as their pasts. Those characters are Hedda Tesman, Ejlert Lövborg, and Mrs. Elvsted, called Thea. In Act II of the play, the first scene where Hedda, Thea and Lövborg meet occurs. Act I revealed Hedda's arrogant manner through her interactions with her new husband, Jörgen Tesman, and his family, whom she holds in apparent great contempt. Her words to her husband, as well as her refusal to visit his aunts or pay them the least respect, defines one of the key points of her personality: her pride. The way in which Tesman and his aunts seek endlessly to please her shows the esteem in which she is held, and the reputation that she has made for herself as the hard-to-please general's daughter. Act II is the scene of the revelation of Hedda's other greatest character trait,
People need to believe that order can be glimpsed in the chaos of events (adapted from John Gray, Heresies, 2004). In what ways and to what extent would you say this claim is relevant in at least two areas of knowledge?
"People need to believe that order can be glimpsed in the chaos of events" (adapted from John Gray, Heresies, 2004). In what ways and to what extent would you say this claim is relevant in at least two areas of knowledge? In my essay I am going to discuss the importance of chaos and order in real life, and to what extent I agree with the title statement. The key concepts of this title is that belief is a necessity in perceiving order in chaotic events, and whether I approve or disapprove with this statement I shall evident my claim through two areas of knowledge. My claim is that belief is important to perceive order, and that it is necessary for people to believe that order can be glimpsed in the chaos of events, because the order is relying on the basis of belief and without believing the order will not be perceptible. This claim is relevant in all areas of knowledge as the chaos theory can be applied to all knowledge, but my main focus will primarily involve history and environmental science as my two areas of knowledge that will be viewed from perception and reason as my ways of knowing. The knowledge issues that are present are taken out of two real life situations, the first real life situation would be a prognosis of upcoming weather conditions, and the second, the Mayan civilization's foreshadowing of future events. The issues that are raised in this essay will be
Relatinshipe between father and son in things fall apart
The relationship between Unoka and Okonkwo, In "Things Fall Apart", many father and son relationships exist. The most notable one is the Okonkwo has with his father Unoku. Their relationship is a very strained in which Okonkwo grows up hating his father and consciously adopts opposite ideals. Unoku is often viewed as a poor, lazy man who never planned for the future. He is always in debt and as a result he left his son with nothing to live on when he dies. Two ways that shows Okonkwo's hate towards his father is the way he constantly beats his own son Nwoye. Another way is how Onkonkwo never wants to show any weakness and consciously adopts opposite ideals of his father. The constant beating of Nuroye by Onkokwo done on purpose by him in order to prevent Nwoye becoming like Unoka. Onkonkwo worries about his son following in the footsteps of his grandfather that he even refers to him as being "old enough to impregnate a woman". Okonkwo views his son as a symbol of laziness just like Unoka, and so he does his best to prevent this. The fact that Nuroye has feminine like characteristics angers his father. This includes Nwoye crying a lot when Ikmefuma is taken away and that he prefers listening to his mother's children stories rather than his father's war stories. Nuroye struggles in the shadow of his powerful, successful, and demanding father that as a result
Geo. human and ecosystem.
Paulina Czerwinska I H. "Human activities always cause permanent changes to ecosystems." Discuss with reference to examples. Opinion essay. Ecosystem consist of the animals, plants and the environmental conditions of an area. Is a community of living and non-living things that work together. If ecosystems were completely disrupted, then life would change drastically for the humans and animals in the world. Some people might not think that it is worth it to try to save the different ecosystems. However, it is very important. Nowadays, almost none of us, realize that human activity really cause significant damage to ecosystems. I agree that our activities cause permanent changes to ecosystems and I will try to cite some examples, supporting my thesis. To begin with humans often need to burn fuels or produce certain chemicals to sustain a variety of activities in society. Burning fuels and manufacturing chemicals also can produce pollutants, including wastes like trash or hazardous chemicals and atmospheric pollutants like sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides. Pollutants can kill or harm organisms in ecosystems, gradually causing the ecosystem to deteriorate. Secondly, we sometimes hunt and poach animals for food, sport or their supposed medicinal properties. They are constantly being hunted for their furs and skin. Many have become endangered because of this. People do not
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TOK- The Ways of Knowing
. Perception - The main reason why I positioned perception above the other four WOKs is because perception, among others, is the one tool that is absolutely necessary to gain knowledge. Regardless of how much knowledge of reasoning, emotion, or language you possess, it all revolves around the idea of perception. Perception, in my view, is the ability to understand various matters at ease, a skill which represents basis of the course. I believe it is perception that ultimately gives shape to ambiguous thoughts and develop them further as it allows you to more fully apprehend ideas. What is made out of perception, however, is strictly due to people's pasts. People see things differently based on what they've been through- how people perceive the same matter can range all the way from the extreme positive to the extreme negative depending on personal experience. Real- Life Example- The concept of "the half filled/ emptied bottle" is completely to do with perception. If a person has experienced hardship and struggled through it, that person will most likely say that it is half filled because he is gracious for everything he/she can get. In contrast, if a person who has enjoyed wealth throughout his/her life, he/she will more likely say that the bottle is half emptied because he/she can get whatever he/she wants without going through hardships. 2. Reason - Reasoning, the
