{"id":5251,"date":"2021-08-24T11:50:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T03:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igbis.edu.my\/backupold2022\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/?page_id=5251"},"modified":"2023-03-15T07:50:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T23:50:45","slug":"knowledge-and-language","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/theory-of-knowledge\/knowledge-and-language\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge and Language"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#KQ\">Possible Knowledge Questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Riot\">Riot and Protest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Shakepeare\">Shakespeare<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Poetry\">Poetry<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Literature\">How can literature be seen as entertainment?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" id=\"KQ\"><strong>Possible<\/strong> <strong>Knowledge Questions<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To what extent does all knowledge depend on language?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How do we need language in order to think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How does language shape our thoughts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does religious experience come from a place beyond language?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How can we know when language is offensive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To what extent can we really know a culture through its languages?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" id=\"Riot\"><strong>Riot and Protest<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What do protest and riot mean?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the difference?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/137326344_10158887055577118_679462048044862941_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=825194&amp;_nc_ohc=kEIZR3UaLK8AX9z9hEz&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fkul13-1.fna&amp;oh=7efc7cf3fc5602139c7e3660226f3ffb&amp;oe=614A9F82\" alt=\"May be a cartoon\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The image was taken from a TOK page on Facebook. Is imagery a language? If so, how has the producer of this image conveyed their message through the colours and objects? Is it an objective image?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the same FB post was a discussion of languages and a protest\/riot that took place in January 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Inside the Capitol Hill Riots\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfP_5L8epow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Looking back on a violent day as protesters stormed Capitol Hill\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8q6M12Or2xk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this a protest or a riot? Notice how the two videos use different language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a. What knowledge can make a person think it is a protest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">b. What knowledge can make a person think it is a riot?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.thinglink.me\/api\/image\/561723709967040512\/640\/10\/scaletowidth\" alt=\"Sowmiya Saveriyan - TOK 2018-2019\" width=\"320\" height=\"301\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">c. Which Ways of Knowledge (WOK) may people use to develop their judgement?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is this a riot or a protest? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Hong Kong protests turn violent\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0oZHAPT-7ts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2017\/08\/15\/creator-godwins-law-ok-call-charlottesville-white-supremacists\/\">Godwin&#8217;s Law &#8211; when is it ok to call someone a Nazi?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" id=\"Shakespeare\"><strong>Shakespeare<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.journals.uchicago.edu\/doi\/abs\/10.1086\/699029?journalCode=elr&amp;fbclid=IwAR3MEqsOJjj9hQhSY87lEIomiAKxtWImkAWWeiQETXCNcq1y0lVfFB0sMyM&amp;\"><em>In Utramque Partem<\/em>: Arguing Both Sides of the Question in&nbsp;<em>Othello<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a. Where does one acquire knowledge of language? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">b. How do you know this knowledge is accurate? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fkul13-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.6435-9\/203981913_1270573250025088_2362347598313720488_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&amp;ccb=1-5&amp;_nc_sid=825194&amp;_nc_ohc=YLJGHML78ssAX_51yzH&amp;tn=yiYNq9w0bGbpjmlC&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fkul13-1.fna&amp;oh=f1ace907a2d244cd8879120e9bd5fd2e&amp;oe=614806B2\" alt=\"No photo description available.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are only 10 kinds of people, those who understand binary and those who don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;\u201cThere are two groups of people: those who split everyone into two kinds of people, and those who don\u2019t. I\u2019m in the second group.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" id=\"Poetry\"><strong>4. Poetry<\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-ideas-ted-com wp-block-embed-ideas-ted-com\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Y6wxnbPiOZ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/how-poetry-can-free-a-prisoners-mind-2\/\">How poetry can free a prisoner\u2019s mind<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How poetry can free a prisoner\u2019s mind&#8221; &#8212; ideas.ted.com\" src=\"https:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/how-poetry-can-free-a-prisoners-mind-2\/embed\/#?secret=uKdLnB22hN#?secret=Y6wxnbPiOZ\" data-secret=\"Y6wxnbPiOZ\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2020\/jul\/22\/four-year-old-lands-book-deal-poetry-nadim-shamma-sourgen-kate-clanchy?fbclid=IwAR1Rit0Re2CiSiupORts0AWhhIPvMC8bsq1TGgwMNaPZK4CfSMoVBLylm-o\">Four-year-old lands poetry deal<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-miscellaneous\/tp-others\/in-these-times-we-must-liberate-expression\/article20463595.ece\">\u2018In these times, we must liberate expression\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edutopia.org\/blog\/teaching-poetry-of-immigrant-experience-sara-burnett?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=socialflow&amp;fbclid=IwAR2YABecJW0j0Fv-1U-WiEHXglXmgMkVHZD33ZBx6IAkSqza2FOgOz5YP8E\">Teaching Poetry of the Immigrant Experience<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How can you rely on a poet to explain science?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scientificamerican.com\/observations\/how-poetry-can-help-communicate-science\/?fbclid=IwAR2_f_trqWoZIp8oY_c-G1860_riBcveQ5d5fsOGTMD_eyFhIt-5D-nSb5g\">How Poetry Can Help Communicate Science<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-brain-pickings wp-block-embed-brain-pickings\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/2018\/04\/10\/ursula-k-le-guin-late-in-the-day-science-poetry\/?fbclid=IwAR3JU2anBWCMWoG-SNgW9FHqrUrrCyJ7DGCq6TfqDsZyx6CT_wmNAzdIfEI\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background\" id=\"Literature\"><strong>5. <span style=\"font-size: revert\">How can literature be seen as entertainment?<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possible Knowledge Questions To what extent does all knowledge depend on language? 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