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    TOK Diaries - Sense Perception

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    The document discusses different perspectives on empiricism and how we gain knowledge through our senses. It provides two examples where senses can be misleading: a mirage on the road that looks reflective but is just hot air, and the bent pen illusion in water. While senses are often correct, they can sometimes fool us, so we shouldn't trust them unconditionally. Reason can also be used to determine when our senses are misleading us. Overall, it argues that everyone sees the world differently based on their unique experiences and background, though there are some shared concepts of knowledge as well.

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    The document discusses different perspectives on empiricism and how we gain knowledge through our senses. It provides two examples where senses can be misleading: a mirage on the road that looks reflective but is just hot air, and the bent pen illusion in water. While senses are often correct, they can sometimes fool us, so we shouldn't trust them unconditionally. Reason can also be used to determine when our senses are misleading us. Overall, it argues that everyone sees the world differently based on their unique experiences and background, though there are some shared concepts of knowledge as well.

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    TOK Diaries Relating to Sense Perception for the IB Diploma.

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    The document discusses different perspectives on empiricism and how we gain knowledge through our senses. It provides two examples where senses can be misleading: a mirage on the road that looks reflective but is just hot air, and the bent pen illusion in water. While senses are often correct, they can sometimes fool us, so we shouldn't trust them unconditionally. Reason can also be used to determine when our senses are misleading us. Overall, it argues that everyone sees the world differently based on their unique experiences and background, though there are some shared concepts of knowledge as well.

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    TOK Diaries - Sense Perception

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    POINT: your opinion with reason // EXAMPLE // COUNTERCLAIM: another opinion/criticism of yours

    150-200 words
    “Everyone should be an empiricist”
    TOK Diary 2

    In my opinion, not everyone should be an empiricist. An empiricist believes that knowledge gained
    from senses is more important and reliable than reason. However, as a rationalist would say, senses
    can be misleading sometimes, hence, the knowledge gained from them can be incorrect too. As an
    example, we have the mirage effect formed on pavement when it reaches high temperatures and
    seems to be reflective. This is formed by a layer of hot air above the asphalt, and creates a visual
    effect. But, if you get close to it, you won’t see it. This is a case in which you can not trust your
    senses completely, since the “reflection” you think it’s there, is actually not real and just a mirage.
    One might disagree with my statement, since senses most of the time are correct, and in the special
    cases they are not, reason can be used exclusively, and therefore, everyone should see the world as
    an empiricist does.

    “Visual illusions mean that we shouldn’t trust what we see”


    TOK Diary 3

    Visual illusions present a challenge to, arguably, the most useful sense there is; sight, and to
    empiricism itself. Our senses can sometimes be misleading, fooling us to believe something that is
    close to reality, but isn’t. As an example we have the bent pen in water, in which the water refracts
    the image of the pen, deceiving our vision. Another example, we have the mirage effect formed on
    pavement when it reaches high temperatures and seems to be reflective. Yet it does not mean that
    it is, in fact, a wavy reflection. As we can see, sight should not be trusted unconditionally due to the
    fact that it can mislead us from time to time. However, it is of highly important to highlight the
    significance of sight for humans, since it is one of the most, if not the most, important sense there is
    to gain knowledge and even survive. Hence, it should be trusted most of the time, as long as we
    always give the benefit of the doubt in case something off happens, such as an illusion or mirage.

    “Everyone sees the world differently”


    TOK Diary 4

    Everyone sees the world differently. That statement is known by most of us as general knowledge.
    The people’s perspective of the world is always going to vary from one person to another, depending
    on their background, country, family, experiences and own knowledge. Let's take as an example the
    second sentence I wrote in this exact paragraph. Most people believe that they see the world in a
    different way as other people do, but there is a group of individuals that think they see the world
    exactly the same as everyone else. This exact sentence backs my point, everyone sees the world
    different. Masses do, political parties do, but when we are talking about the individual way of seeing
    things, every little experience lived changes your way of perceiving reality as it is, varying from your
    favorite ice cream to your moral ideologies. However, one might disagree with my position, liking
    their argument with the concept of shared knowledge. From learning the same courses in class, to
    the most basic terms of knowledge everyone shares. In conclusion, masses are able to see the world
    in the same way, but individuals have their own unique way of doing so.

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