tok essay (surya pratap)

8/10/2019 TOK Essay (Surya Pratap)

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Name Surya Pratap

Subject TOK

Type TOK Essay

Word Count 1471

Question Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of reason as a way of

knowing.

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Knowledge means to build a perception through our own experiences. The

depth of knowledge cant be reached. choose this topic because sometimes felt in

m! life that to know be!ond a limit ma! create problems for us. Knowledge implies

belief" knowledge and belief are di#erent" sometime we belief something but we are

not sure about the e$olution of its truth. %o it has been concluded b! m! own

experience that no knowledge can be gained without belief. &$er! concept ofknowledge cannot be considered as belief" the belief what we generated b! our

obser$ation and experience should be backed up b! truth" that can be con$erted

into the knowledge. f an! how belief is 'usti(ed b! truth it would be concei$ed as

knowledge. Knowledge can be gained b! perception. The ideas and arguments

associated with knowledge work ha$e a circle surrounding them.

Knowledge comes from perception. )ust as perception knowledge both gi$es

us wa!s of knowing that it is raining" so emotion too can gi$e us knowledge
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sometimes so swiftl! that we are unaware of the process. *ike during rain! season"

thundering and lighting gi$e us knowledge about its occurrence through our sense

perceptions. The emotional sensiti$it! makes us to understand that something is

going wrong with our known person when we see him in distress. %o according to

the recent (ndings emotion is also the wa! of knowing.

%ometimes opposite to the emotion the reasoning also acts as the wa! of

knowing. +ur past experience helps us to draw conclusions. ,hen we see a child

pla!ing with to!s or burning crackers we let him aware that whate$er he is doing" heshould use precautionar! measures because we ha$e a reason behind it that is our

reasoning. -easoning is the natural wa! of knowing to draw out the conclusion.

-easoning helps us to argue that our recommendations are $alid and strong. The

language which we speak is a core of reasoning. ,e speak certain expressions in

certain language which help us to recognie that the meaning of the language our

experience and our natural perpetual tendenc! to group things together and

recognie the pattern help us to de$elop reasoning for certain arguments or beliefs.

/s m! father is also fond of luxur! cars but he is ha$ing onl! basic knowledge

about the looks of the car. -egarding internal technological knowledge of car" it is

no doubt that m! side is better than him. e used to tra$el long distances through

car for his usiness issues and he kept complaining about the control s!stem of car

in the hectic and haphaard tra2c in the absence of dri$er. There is a well known

function known as 34ruise 4ontrol5 which was $er! well aware with. n this

function" !ou can set up the speed unit of the car and !ou neednt to ha$e a control

o$er accelerator and this will a$oid the incon$enience during the tra2c rush hour.

,hen m! dad came to know he felt amaed as well as proud. ere m! knowledge

came as strength. also ha$e the interest in de$eloping or testing out the technical

ob'ects of the house. ha$e a strong intention of opening the cabinet of the 467 or

Tele$ision. The dangerous part of m! de$eloping the knowledge regarding

technolog! occurred when during the process of pla!ing with these gadgets" gotelectric shock which is unforgettable for me. The weakness of knowledge led me

awa! from these things and 'ust cant ha$e enough inner strength to operate again

these gadgets.

Famil! is the (rst school of child. /nd mother is the (rst teacher which

remains constant throughout the lifetime. 8other teaches her child not onl! with

strictness but also pro$ides lo$e" a#ection and adore to her child. 8other takes her

child as a disciple and show the wa! of life through her own experiences. %he also

told me to follow the belief in 9od. followed this and from the (rst da! of learning

was told to start e$er! new thing with a pra!er of 9od. 9raduall!" with passage of

time de$eloped the inner strength in 9od. The regular pra!er pro$ides me a great

sense of peace. ut one da! found m!self stuck in the phobia of exam. /s per m!

mothers belief was told that whate$er !ou want from the 9od" he will gi$e !ou: he

is /lmight!. had a blind faith in 9od. /s soon as realied that would be ;unked"

the moment started making pra!ers for times a da! and asking 9od e$er! time to

an!how get me through the papers. 7nbelie$ingl! it was surprised for me also and

know that the reader will also not belie$e these things. ut left m! paper blank"

lea$ing e$er!thing in the hands of /lmight! The results are out and 'ust

opposite to m! expectations was completel! ;unked in each and e$er! sub'ect.


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From that da! started belie$ing that to get an!thing good ha$e to pa! for that b!

taking pains" b! sweating out" b! burning midnight candles. 8! knowledge towards

existence and belief of 9od has changed completel!.

The ood !"#e "s "nsp"red by !o$e and u"ded by %no&!ede'(

)ertrand *usse!!

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The de$elopment of technolog! pro$ide human being a wide spread

knowledge about $arious electronic e@uipments. ,ith the de$elopment of human

societ! the thirst to rule among the di#erent sections of societ! keep on de$eloping

with the passage of time. The ideolog! of people changed. The de$elopment of

mankind has gi$en birth to $arious religions which are based on certain beliefs.

9raduall! the societ! started getting parted from each other. To pro$e ones knowingone has started o$er powering other sections of societ!. This is the weakness of

knowledge which gi$es birth to ego" proud and stubbornness among the indi$idual.

The worst waste of knowing the ad$ancement of technolog! was seen in 1ABC in

)apan" when in the (rst week of /ugust /merica hit them with /tomic ombs. This

kind of knowledge which is used for the destruction of mankind cannot be 'usti(ed

as useful knowledge. Knowledge is to be de$eloped for the ser$ice of mankind.

Knowledge alwa!s is a part which is to be shared with other persons. /t the !oung

age child was taught how to walk" how to read" how to learn" how to speak" and

$arious other manners. This can be happened onl! when the parents should know it

better. f parents are well educated then this knowing can be spread more easil!

among their children. The strength of knowledge can be seen in a speaker whosewords spread the knowing power among the mass. The priest and the moti$ators

ha$e strong power of transferring the knowledge. /s we see regularl! in our life

that a lot of person get a#ected b! the preaching of the priest. This is the power of

knowledge. ere one single priest is able to transfer his knowledge b! his own

experience. e can share his experience among the di#erent persons. %o it is true

to sa! that knowledge de$elops through experience. For an example if a person is

unaware of the wa! of drinking tea then he will multipl! this knowledge that the

drinking of tea is not a good habit" because if at his (rst instance a person who

started drinking tea ma! burn his tongue which de$eloped a knowledge in him that

the drinking of tea is harmful.

3+our $"s"on &"!! become c!ear on!y &hen you !oo% "nto your heart' Who !oo%s

outs"de, dreams' Who !oo%s "ns"de, a&a%ens'(

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The strengths and weaknesses of reason of knowing is completel! based on

ones experience" if experiences are good then the reasons will be authentic but if

there is a lack of experience then the reason of knowing is not authentic. n m!

essa! described abo$e that knowledge can be gained b! two processesD (rstl!: if it
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