tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post108482274166398742..comments2023-10-17T02:52:20.176-06:00Comments on PHS Theory of Knowledge: You as a KnowerJ.Malonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172827782199289643noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-45463778053026540642007-09-15T19:13:00.000-06:002007-09-15T19:13:00.000-06:00I thought about age and how my age and years of ex...I thought about age and how my age and years of experience qualify me(or make me unqualified)to make decisions, to speak of certain things, to believe I know certain things...etc. Who is to say an old man is wiser than his grandson?Sara Fowlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02888916421534713739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-32169976093461078712007-09-07T17:33:00.000-06:002007-09-07T17:33:00.000-06:00I have a question for the people who say they didn...I have a question for the people who say they didn't have epiphanies because they already thought about the topics/questions presented in the autobiography: did you really not think of anything new to put?<BR/><BR/>I've pondered these questions and many other questions about myself for a great amount of time, and I'm continuously coming up with new and deeper answers. I just find it interesting...katrina337https://www.blogger.com/profile/01508255485510068921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-64368746085686027352007-09-06T18:08:00.000-06:002007-09-06T18:08:00.000-06:00Even before the assignment, I realized that I thri...Even before the assignment, I realized that I thrive in a logical, concrete environment. However, during the assignment I believe that I realized just how much I use logic to justify my ideas. I thought about learning environments where logic was not used as a form for justification to what we were learning and those were the times I've struggled with the concepts. Although I truly believe that I've been adapting to more abstract concepts and that I am able to understand and use these concepts, I still believe that logic will always dominate the way I think and process information as well as express concepts.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605988416479784294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-34309277443775900772007-09-05T23:19:00.000-06:002007-09-05T23:19:00.000-06:00While writing my knower autobiography, I didn't ex...While writing my knower autobiography, I didn't exactly have any epiphany, but I realized that a lot of factors affect my knowledge. I realized that my cultural background of living in a different country using a different language has framed a lot of who I am right now. I have another viewpoint to look and judge things from, therefore I guess I am a little more open minded and understanding. Also, while writing, I began to really think about what values and beliefs I have and how they affect what I consider my knowledge.jeewonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09568608029779241230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-82632300559783609112007-09-05T22:40:00.000-06:002007-09-05T22:40:00.000-06:00Woah guys, this is whack. My parents never tried t...Woah guys, this is whack. My parents never tried to make me believe in any religion, they just let me figure it out for myself. The only people who have ever tried to "turn me on" to god were Christian missionaries. And I could not bring myself to think a word they said made any sense. I realized this phenomenon when writing by autobiokylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14472101456476088132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-14794273135233936832007-09-05T22:36:00.000-06:002007-09-05T22:36:00.000-06:00I'm not sure that I had an epiphany while writing ...I'm not sure that I had an epiphany while writing my Knower Autobiography, but that was mainly because I already had all the answers to the questions. I enjoy thinking about reflection topics like the prompts I received to write about, and hence I already knew how to respond. I do, however, enjoy sharing my views with others, so the Autobiography was a really good opportunity for me....I'm curious what other people will think about my views.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08285326311196358073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-50879121466498792682007-09-05T20:45:00.000-06:002007-09-05T20:45:00.000-06:00While writing, I began to realize how easily I’m i...While writing, I began to realize how easily I’m influenced. I had a friend who used to continually drop atheist undertones and crack jokes about religious institutions. Looking back on that experience, I now realize that I was starting to acquire his same beliefs about religion. After hanging around him for a period of time, his same words were coming out of my mouth.Kaceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08446695186991078061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-30312588922400183652007-09-05T20:09:00.000-06:002007-09-05T20:09:00.000-06:00when I was writing my knower autobiography I didn'...when I was writing my knower autobiography I didn't so much have an epiphany, but I did enjoy having to put into words different information about myself, which I found alot more difficult than I thought it would have been. Since going over all the justifications for beliefs, I realized that I probably didnt properly justified what I believe, and now I'm starting to think about that some more.LizaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339195637540686355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-40962238712376843572007-09-05T18:08:00.000-06:002007-09-05T18:08:00.000-06:00Since completing my knower profile and studying th...Since completing my knower profile and studying the justifications of knowledge that we were given in class, I have realized how little justification I have for my spiritual beliefs. I would not call myself an atheist, but I do not believe in any interpretation of god that I have yet been shown. My views often change, shifting from atheism to a more structured belief system, and it is interesting to me to see how flimsy my explanations are for these views. I would like to say that most of my justifications involve intuition and a little bit of logic, but even those connections are somewhat unfounded and stretched.wwJacobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00677088573319966930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-68733844264811060572007-09-05T14:26:00.000-06:002007-09-05T14:26:00.000-06:00As I wrote my knower autobiography, I was able to ...As I wrote my knower autobiography, I was able to delve into the intricacies of my own self. Taking what I have already learned in class (by mostly just observing and listening to other people's points), I found that I could access a new area of my mind that could allow to decide if something pertaining to knowledge could be justified. That was an epiphany that I had while writing my autobiography. Also, I discovered how connected everything is to knowledge. I had never thought of the fact that my gender or where I grew up could have an significant impact on what I know. But now I realize that it does.Mandiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12721856550677248157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-43654510278521631322007-09-05T00:56:00.000-06:002007-09-05T00:56:00.000-06:00I have to say...~I agree with klneff... PROPS to B...I have to say...<BR/>~I agree with klneff... PROPS to BWAY_GUY for inspiring such controversial debate. I thought your statements were mildly vague and unexplained, so perhaps we interpreted it wrongly. Do you think you could clarify? <BR/>~Spencer, I love how polite and sweet you are in apologizing for not signing your entry.<BR/>~Elliot, YOU GREW UP IN TAIWAN AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME?!<BR/><BR/>BACK ON TRACK...<BR/>As I was writing my Knower Autobiography, I realized that my upbringing has been a lot of very contradicting ideas. Being the child of first generation immigrants, it has been difficult to learn how to pull certain aspects and ideas from the traditions and values of my heritage and culture as well as combining these with the open mindedness and freedom of the American way of thinking. <BR/><BR/>I believe that life is about compromise and as I compromise some typical freedoms given to many other teenagers, my parents also compromise certain expectations of me pertaining to grades, extracurriculars, and my social life. <BR/><BR/>Because of this constant give and take relationship and conflict, I have never gotten along particularly well with my parents. It took a special friend of mine to point out everything they gave up to provide happiness for me. He made choices to do things that a friend should not have made and put our friendship at risk to save my relationship with my parents. Yet, because of him, I have just recently begun to attempt to forgive and understand the actions and choices of my parents, and in turn, realize that it takes an incredible amount of faith in a friendship to overstep those boundaries in hopes of mending such a crucial relationship in my life. <BR/><BR/>I am trying harder to see situations from my parents' point of view, and in turn forsake the selfish child that used to push the revolving doors just to feel it push back.<BR/><BR/>THANK YOU... "L.J.M."LL Cool Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135691760718016580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-11336568086004790812007-09-04T23:31:00.000-06:002007-09-04T23:31:00.000-06:00I suppose the epiphany I had in completing the Kno...I suppose the epiphany I had in completing the Knower Autobiography assignment is really how much my beliefs and ideas come from faith. As a muslim, which many people know, we follow strict ideals and codes that I very much adhere to. Simultaneously, these ideas define much of who I am and what I stand for. Also, having this faith allows me to make decisions merely on faith and intuition rather than the things around me. I don't know, based on what I have learned on proper and personal justifications, I've found that I rely on my religious beliefs to guide me in the right direction. It's interesting, I thought the assignment was one of those lame and inevitably boring surveys that I would abhor. However, it made me think of what I fall back on to justify my truths and beliefs and also helped me learn more about how I gather knowledge.asseal_ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13633655479691037474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-37525456288021789462007-09-04T23:20:00.000-06:002007-09-04T23:20:00.000-06:00As I wrote my Knower Autobiography, I looked deepl...As I wrote my Knower Autobiography, I looked deeply into my values. I base the qualities I consider important off of my personal experiences and my own morals. I realized that my values have changed vastly, even over the summer, because of how my experiences have changed. The books I have read and the places I have been are included in my experiences and they have made a large impact on me and have changed my way of thought.Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739185269607623284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-62199773747283336642007-09-04T23:19:00.000-06:002007-09-04T23:19:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kendrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739185269607623284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-53760829921282648742007-09-04T23:02:00.000-06:002007-09-04T23:02:00.000-06:00I may have had a little bit of an epiphany when wr...I may have had a little bit of an epiphany when writing my Knower Autobiography. Over the summer, I visited some colleges and interviewed with some counselors at those schools. They always asked me “How have you developed throughout high school?” My normal response was “I’ve become less of a shy person, and I am now more confident in speaking my thoughts out loud.”<BR/>After I did the Knower Autobiography, the question “how my age affected how I know” pulled me up short. Because I am in my senior year in high school, I realized how confident I am in my position right now. After all, I have been in this same environment for 3 years. <BR/>Thinking about it, I question if a change in my environment will place me back at square one again with my shyness.Paige C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05710031341200209540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-49869164573421272972007-09-04T23:00:00.000-06:002007-09-04T23:00:00.000-06:00Something that I realized when completing the Know...Something that I realized when completing the Knower activity is that I have always believed in is that sports and physical activity is much more rewarding than any mental one. I was brought up with an older brother who centered his life around sports. So therefore, I have always thought that was the path I should take. I love sports, but perhaps later in life I could reach for a different stage in life? I can relate this belief to an approach to learning. I have found out that playing sports can teach you alot of important life lessons, but I have come to a conclusion (Losing to Rocky tonite kind of gave me the idea) that I need to start looking for lessons in life off the sports field, and in a book or mental activity.Griffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659297852406380211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-12377482800968642042007-09-04T22:56:00.000-06:002007-09-04T22:56:00.000-06:00As I was writing the personal profile, I realized ...As I was writing the personal profile, I realized that there are a lot of different factors that I had never thought about having an affect on my knowledge, and my outlook on that knowledge. For example, I didn't really stop to think that my gender and my region of living (rural) would have much to do with my opinions on issues, but when it was brought to my attention in the survey, it opened up a wider range of ideas as far as what affects what I know. It was one of those moments, as Mrs. King was talking about in class, where I realized how much I don't know.IAmbrooKehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622161751158808483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-88538393195920418642007-09-04T22:43:00.000-06:002007-09-04T22:43:00.000-06:00Honestly, I didn't have a big epiphany, where a li...Honestly, I didn't have a big epiphany, where a light bulb goes off in my head. Probably, because, I had experienced the TOK pupils. They had already questioned my ideals, asked me if I really know what I know. It was almost a crash course in TOK.<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't that be fun? (Thinking out loud)<BR/><BR/>It also helped that in my family, you are rarely right, since everyone insists that they are right. I just got used to my own faults and limitations in knowledge.<BR/><BR/>Hey, this is my shortest comment yet.R_Donghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10694847469251172608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-55092380427093329762007-09-04T22:37:00.001-06:002007-09-04T22:37:00.001-06:00I completely agree with Pearl. People really are p...I completely agree with Pearl. People really are products of thier environment. I mean, genetics come into play as well, but I think that so much of it depends on how you're raised, what way you grew up. Why I wrote my bio, I realized that I really need to be able to do things to learn them. Reading doesn't always do it for me. I need to be able to experiance something to believe that I really know it. I struggle with just being told something, I have a hard time believing it if I haven't seen or experianced it myself. That doesn't mean that I don't believe it when I'm told, it just means that I'm desperate to discover it for myself then.Sierra Tamkunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660649823244237522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-27071971818404363392007-09-04T22:37:00.000-06:002007-09-04T22:37:00.000-06:00so, like most of these people, i did not have an e...so, like most of these people, i did not have an epiphany either. but i also agree that it was an interesting assignment and got me thinking about myself, which was good because someone said something about high school being a time to 'find yourself' which i have not yet been able to do. <BR/>so hopefully i will be able to 'find' myself during/after this class.C1assyMasseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17943758553794104067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-37358132282553687052007-09-04T22:35:00.000-06:002007-09-04T22:35:00.000-06:00I realized that even though I try very hard to jus...I realized that even though I try very hard to justify my beliefs, there are many that I haven't really thought of how to justify. Even with the beliefs I justify, it is sometimes difficult to catergorize how I do so. I also realized that I use logic, authority, and experience to justify most of my beliefs.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525351156172342758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-42808473456168090052007-09-04T21:54:00.000-06:002007-09-04T21:54:00.000-06:00i realized that i like to prove things so that the...i realized that i like to prove things so that they fit my idea of what something should be like. i focus on the details instead of the big picture, somehow convincing myself that since those small deatils support what i think is right, then i must be right...i hope TOK will help me change that :)emillyzhuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00543475094514739424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-63377116999481408102007-09-04T21:41:00.000-06:002007-09-04T21:41:00.000-06:00Something that I realized about myself while writi...Something that I realized about myself while writing my Knower Autobiography was that I am very much an optimist. I don't think that being optimistic is bad, but there is a point where trying only to see the good can really hinder a person's rationality and ability to look at something logically.Jannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16659294771038998876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-70794548595313042622007-09-04T21:32:00.000-06:002007-09-04T21:32:00.000-06:00I didn't really have an epiphany when I was writin...I didn't really have an epiphany when I was writing my autobiography or since then. I had thought about most of those questions after my surgery in Jan. because when you are in bed for almost 2 weeks and all you have is your head and painkillers you think about these things.Kacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04329433840389486321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16838489.post-40417551857527774972007-09-04T20:47:00.000-06:002007-09-04T20:47:00.000-06:00Something I realized was that individuals are some...Something I realized was that individuals are somewhat(I'm not saying absolutely!) products of their environment because each individual is shaped by the billions of different factors of his/her lifestyle.pjuanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583490725310490521noreply@blogger.com