Theory of knowledge assessment exemplars

Assessed student work

## Overview

Example | Essay title
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1 | Our senses tell us that a table, for example, is a solid object; science tells us that the table is mostly empty space. Thus two sources of knowledge generate conflicting results. Can we resolve such conflicts?
2 | “...we will always learn more about human life and human personality from novels than from scientific psychology”. (Noam Chomsky) To what extent would you agree?
3 | “Context is all” (Margaret Atwood). Does this mean there is no such thing as truth?
4 | Are some ways of knowing more likely than others to lead to truth?
5 | Does language play a role of equal importance in the different areas of knowing?
6 | “Context is all” (Margaret Atwood). Does this mean there is no such thing as truth?

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