1. Jacobs embarks on this journey with the notion that something in his life may possibly be missing and religion may be that thing. His agnosticism leaves him naturally questioning religion and he figures that he should try being religious before he passes it off as "not his thing". His second reason is his son. He believes that if secularism is indeed some kind of flaw in human personality, then he should do what is necessary to help his son avoid such a life path.
His goal is to connect with some kind of spirituality and conclude whether or not it is a valuable trait, whether or not it is an important part of the human experience.
My observation of the change in the nature of his questions was quite drastic. It seems that he starts out wondering whether or not religion is a good trait and whether or not he is missing out on something in life by not being religious and instantly transforms to directly questioning the bible in the sense that he asks things like "why does the bible declare crazy rules?"
2. His formal spiritual guides consist of people employed in the spiritual profession such as the rabbi Andy and a compilation of priests and ministers and what not. His informal guides are people such as his spiritual friend Roger and his uncle Gil and the poly-fiber inspector, people who are deeply involved in the spiritual realm, but are not necessarily teachers of the faith. These guides are the people to whom he goes for advice, for example, he asks the poly fiber inspector questions as to the importance of some rules over others. Is it more important to follow certain rules such as do not kill over the ridiculous ones such as those regarding wearing mixed fibers?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
TOK outline 1: Prompt 2 (revised)
I. What is sense perception?
-Acquisition of knowledge
-Simplest, most direct form of recognizing information.
Thesis: Sense Perception is the first way of knowing put into action in any circumstance. However, after sense perception has done its job in recognizing what is happening, other ways of knowing take over in processing the observatory nature of the data. Sense perception plays a basic role in all areas of knowing, however depending on which other ways knowing it is coupled with, the role is changed for each area.
II. Nat Sci, Soc Sci are influenced by sense perception almost holistically since these areas of knowing are mostly observational.
-cover basics of each.
-examples of observational aspect of sciences
III. Sense perception influences Arts, Ethics and Spirituality in the sense that sense perception takes in information which in turn raises questions that can only be answered or expressed through these areas of knowledge after being processed through the emotional way of knowing.
-basics of each.
-questions raised by sense perception.
-How ethics and spirituality answers questions.
IV. Math is affected by sense perception, especially in its simpler forms, within its basis in observation, but after sense perception has done its job, reasoning takes over.
-Examples of simple math and observation
-observation can only go so far until one must be able to reason
-i.e.) i observe that i dont know what X equals, i can reason and deduce until i find it.
V. History is effected by sense perception in a drastically different way due to the second hand nature of the study. History relies heavily on language to convey information that may then be observed by sense perception and once again processed by the other ways of knowing.
-Examples
VI. Conclusion
reiterate thesis and highlight the role of sense perception in each area of knowing.
-Acquisition of knowledge
-Simplest, most direct form of recognizing information.
Thesis: Sense Perception is the first way of knowing put into action in any circumstance. However, after sense perception has done its job in recognizing what is happening, other ways of knowing take over in processing the observatory nature of the data. Sense perception plays a basic role in all areas of knowing, however depending on which other ways knowing it is coupled with, the role is changed for each area.
II. Nat Sci, Soc Sci are influenced by sense perception almost holistically since these areas of knowing are mostly observational.
-cover basics of each.
-examples of observational aspect of sciences
III. Sense perception influences Arts, Ethics and Spirituality in the sense that sense perception takes in information which in turn raises questions that can only be answered or expressed through these areas of knowledge after being processed through the emotional way of knowing.
-basics of each.
-questions raised by sense perception.
-How ethics and spirituality answers questions.
IV. Math is affected by sense perception, especially in its simpler forms, within its basis in observation, but after sense perception has done its job, reasoning takes over.
-Examples of simple math and observation
-observation can only go so far until one must be able to reason
-i.e.) i observe that i dont know what X equals, i can reason and deduce until i find it.
V. History is effected by sense perception in a drastically different way due to the second hand nature of the study. History relies heavily on language to convey information that may then be observed by sense perception and once again processed by the other ways of knowing.
-Examples
VI. Conclusion
reiterate thesis and highlight the role of sense perception in each area of knowing.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
TOK outline 1: Prompt 2.
I. What is sense perception?
-Acquisition of knowledge
-Simplest, most direct form of recognizing information.
Thesis: Sense Perception plays the same role in all of the areas of knowing (in varying degrees) given that it is the first way of knowing put into action in any circumstance. After sense perception has done its job in recognizing what is happening, other ways of knowing take over in processing the observatory nature of the data.
II. Nat Sci, Soc Sci, Math, History are all influenced by sense perception almost holistically since these areas of knowing are mostly observational.
-cover basics of each.
III. Sense perception influences Arts, Ethics and Spirituality in the sense that sense perception takes in information and raises questions that are in turn answered by these areas of knowledge via other ways of knowing. ie) emotion.
-basics of each.
-questions raised by sense perception.
IV. Conclusion
reiterate thesis and highlight the similar role sense perception plays in each area of knowing.
-Acquisition of knowledge
-Simplest, most direct form of recognizing information.
Thesis: Sense Perception plays the same role in all of the areas of knowing (in varying degrees) given that it is the first way of knowing put into action in any circumstance. After sense perception has done its job in recognizing what is happening, other ways of knowing take over in processing the observatory nature of the data.
II. Nat Sci, Soc Sci, Math, History are all influenced by sense perception almost holistically since these areas of knowing are mostly observational.
-cover basics of each.
III. Sense perception influences Arts, Ethics and Spirituality in the sense that sense perception takes in information and raises questions that are in turn answered by these areas of knowledge via other ways of knowing. ie) emotion.
-basics of each.
-questions raised by sense perception.
IV. Conclusion
reiterate thesis and highlight the similar role sense perception plays in each area of knowing.
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