TOK-All knowledge claims should be open to open criticism

I completely agree with this statement, since I also believe in it as well. I strongly believe in this statement and I try to abide by it whenever possible. When someone claims that something is true he has to be ready for someone disagreeing with him therefore causing an argument, because everyone has their right to do so, everyone has a right to agree or disagree with something, whether the person who is claiming that the statement is true or not likes it, because when you claim that something is true the only thing you can do with that is to try and persuade the people around you whether it's true or not and what will help you persuade the people and make them also believe that your statement is true is using evidence or keeping a very straight face while saying it. Rational Criticism is something that everyone should be open to if someone is not I believe that whatever they are saying could not be true since, he has not persuaded me enough or proven to me that his statement is true, I mean for example if you are in the middle of a trial and you claim that a piece of knowledge is true, then you should be open to rational criticism from your opponent and a jury that will be looking for more evidence in order to be persuaded into believing that your knowledge base is true in order to make a decision, because you can't claim that someone killed someone without being open to rational criticism. I strongly agree with this statement and I also strongly believe that everyone should be open to rational criticism as it will justify their statement and will therefore make it reliable and trustworthy to all the people you are proving your statment to.

TOK-Quotation

"The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it!"
-Michael Den Montage D.1592

I agree with what Michael De Montage says here in this quotation, since it is obviously correct. A word, if not heard by another person has no significance to anyone or anything since an unheard word has no meaning to it, because words are meant to be herd and not just spoken, for example if a tree falls in the middle of the forest and there is no one around does it make a sound?, is a good example since it we can relate it to a word, if someone says "hello" and no one hears it, then he hadn't made his point towards the people and thus the people don't recognize his presence in the area, which again goes back to the example about the tree, because if that tree falls and no one hears it then, I don't think it has any significance towards anyone since no one was there to witness it falling. Also if a word is not said by a person, then it also has no significance towards anyone, because for example if a person hadn't said the word "hello" towards anyone then he hasn't made his presence felt towards the people around him, and therefore he doesn't make his point again towards the people around him. For example if a student in class is asked a question, and he knows the answer but doesn't speak it, then no one knows the answer and therefore the question will become answerless unless someone eventually gives it an answer or the student finally says the answer. Another example is also if the tree falls in the middle of the forest and there is no one around does it make a sound, which also relates to the word, because if a word is not said or herd by another then it has no significance to society.

Process Journal

Finally, after three or more lessons, with a lot of help from my teacher... I am online.

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