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Knowledge and religion: ethics
Religion is not the only source of ethical codes, but it is an important one. Every religion has something to say about which actions are right and which are wrong and usually gives reasons why this is...
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Knowledge and religion: methods and tools 2 - texts, ritual and miracles
But maybe there are other ways to justify religious knowledge? The story metaphor seems to be involved in sacred texts with their metaphors and allegories. The maze metaphor describes the role of religious...
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Knowledge and religion: methods and tools1 - faith and reason
It has been said that the essence of religious knowledge is practice. How, then, does someone who practices a religion acquire knowledge and what kind of knowledge does she acquire? Can there be evidence...
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Knowledge and religion: perspectives
What is the relationship between religion and culture? Why is it that every human society has some religion? Is this evidence that religion is instrumental in helping societies survive in a competitive...
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Knowledge and religion: scope 1 - religious systems
What sort of thing is religious knowledge? How does it differ from other kinds of knowledge? Does religious knowledge fit with any of our metaphors for knowledge? What is the purpose of religion? Does...
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Knowledge and religion: scope 2 - purpose
What sort of thing is religious knowledge? How does it differ from other kinds of knowledge? Does religious knowledge fit with any of our metaphors for knowledge? What is the purpose of religion? Does...
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Knowledge and technology: perspectives - the impact of technology on knowledge perspectives
On this page, we discuss the impact of technology on knowledge perspectives with special attention to the internet. While information and communications technology presents immense possibilities when...
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Knowing ethics in politics
Ethics in ToK is associated with responsibility, and in this theme, we can think about the responsibilities that politicians have towards each other and the public, as well as the responsibilities citizens...
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Knowing political perspectives
It is usually acknowledged that politics is about making choices. These choices are informed by thinking that often fits well-established patterns that we call political perspectives. Political reasoning...
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How can we know about politics and political arrangements?
What do methods and tools mean in the context of knowledge and politics? There are a number of questions we can ask to flesh out this question. How can we know what counts as a good arrangement for government?...