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1 “Some areas of knowledge seek to describe the world, whereas others seek to transform it.” Explore this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge.
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knowledge mathematics transform mathematics (know* or understand*) and (transform or change or innovat*) knowledge science transform knowledge history transform
philosophy science philosophy (know* or understand*) science knowledge faith knowledge language art knowledge imagin* science
knowledge history descri* knowledge art descri*
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2. “Knowledge takes the form of a combination of stories and facts.” How accurate is this claim in two areas of knowledge?
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knowledge fact science knowledge (narrative or stor*) science science (know* or understand*) and (narrative or stor*)
knowledge fact art knowledge (narrative or stor*) geography
knowledge fact mathematics knowledge (narrative or stor*) history
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3. “In the production of knowledge, it is only because emotion works so well that reason can work at all.” To what extent would you agree with this claim in two areas of knowledge?
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knowledge emotion art knowledge intuition art
knowledge emotion reason knowledge emotion reason science knowledge emotion reason history
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4. “To gain an understanding of the world we need to make use of stereotypes.” With reference to two areas of knowledge, to what extent do you agree with this statement?
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knowledge (stereotype or model or theor*) science knowledge (stereotype or model or theor*) mathematics knowledge (stereotype or model or theor*) history knowledge (stereotype or model or theor*) geography
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5. “The task of history is the discovering of the constant and universal principles of human nature.” To what extent are history and one other area of knowledge successful in this task?
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knowledge history “human nature” knowledge history “universal principles” knowledge history constant
knowledge psychology “human nature” knowledge psychology “universal principles” knowledge psychology constant
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6. “We may agree about general standards in the arts but disagree as to whether a particular work has artistic merit. In ethics the situation is reversed: we may disagree about ethical theories but ethical theories but we all know an unethical action when we see one.” Discuss. |
“artistic merit” or “artistic value” “ethic* theor*” “(unethical or immoral) act*”
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