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Final TOK Presentation. It was really good, but too long for 10mn.
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By Assia Chelaghma
THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE
Real life situationThe conflict in the Middle-East about who has the right in the ‘promised land’ Jews
or Palestinians.Knowledge issue:
Is is possible to have an absolute truth about the ‘promised land’ that is
universally accepted? If so, who should decide it and on what standards is should
be based on?
ARAB-ISRAELI VIOLENT EVENTS
Israeli War of Independence 1948-1949
Retribution operations 1951-1955
Suez War 1956
Six-Day War 1967
War of Attrition 1967-1970
Yom Kippur War 1973
1978 South Lebanon conflict 1978
First Lebanon War 1982
South Lebanon conflict 1982-2000
First Intifada 1987-1993
Second Intifada 2000-2004
Second Lebanon War 2006
Gaza War 2008-2009
RECENT EVENTS
On which standards do politicians base their opinions about the promised land?
WHY ARABS ARE CONCERNED?
Historical aspectReligious aspectPolitical aspect
REASONS OF THE CONFLICT
HOW IS THE KNOWLEDGE OF EACH SIDE ACQUIRED?
Defeat of Ottoman Empire in World War I.
Britain claims the control of Palestine.
Partition of the country between Arabs and Jews.
David Ben-Gurion proclaimed the creation of the State of Israel
On May 15, the United States recognized the State of Israel and the Soviet Union soon followed suit.
HISTORICAL ASPECTWHOSE LAND?
whose land? To what extent we should trust
history to form knowledge and determine the absolute truth?
Who wrote history? Is history unbiased? Who can determine the right
answer?
KNOWLEDGE ISSUES
Jewish perspective
The Land of Canaan (Land of Palestine/Israel) was, according to the Torah promised by God to the Children of Israel.
Muslim Perspective
Muslims also claim rights to that land in accordance with the Quran. They argue that the Land of Canaan was promised to all descendants
of Abraham, including his elder son Ishmael, from whom Arabs claim descent.
Christian Perspective
Christian Zionists support Israel because they recognize an ancestral right of Jews to this land, as suggested, for instance, by Paul in
Romans 11. Some also believe that the return of Jews in Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Christ.
RELIGIOUS ASPECT: INTERPRETATIONS OF THE IDEA OF THE CHOSEN PEOPLE IN WITH REGARD TO THE "PROMISED LAND" AND THE
"CHOSEN PEOPLE" OF JERUSALEM.
Does religion affect knowledge? To what extent? Should we trust holy books to make
jugdements? How did God tell people about the promised
land? How can we base knowledge on something
that we cannot check its validity? Did God know that there were people living
in the promised land? How can be base knowledge Is God unfair?
KNOWLEDGNE ISSUES
POLITICAL ASPECT
HOW DID THE POLITICAL CONFLICT INFLUENCED KNOWLEDGE?
CONSEQUENCES
Affecting knowledge
Destorting facts Changing history
PoliticsHistoryReligion
THE ABSOLUE TRUTH ABOUT THE PROMISED LAND IS AFFECTED BY:
LanguageLogic
Mathematics
WHAT CAN AFFECT THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH AS
WELL?
Christianity
Christ, The Saviour and Redeemer
Son of God, the Lord
Judaism
rejects the idea of Jesus being God, or a person of a Trinity, or a mediator to God.
Jesus is not the Messiah.
"For us in the Jewish community anyone who claims that Jesus is their savour is no longer a Jew and is an apostate".
Islam
Messenger of God and the Masih (Messiah)
The belief in Jesus (and all other messengers of God) is required in Islam.
The Qur'an mentions Jesus twenty-five times, more often, by name, than Muhammad.
Jesus wasn’t a God incarnate or the son of God.
LANGUAGE JESUS, ONE PERSON…MANY
VIEWS
To what extent language can contribute in blocking the absolute truth?
The significane of the conflict:Crusades: expansion of Christianity
Jihad: expansion of Islam Milkhemet Mitzvah ‘ commandment war’ to keep
the promised landConsequences:
Terror attackInvasion of Afghanistan
Gaza Bombing
KNOWLEDGE ISSUES
A proposition is said to have universality if it can true in all possible contexts without
creating a contradiction. The relativist conception denies the existence of some or all universal truths, particularly ethical
ones (through moral relativism). Mathematics is a field in which those truths
discovered, in relation to the field of mathematics, are typically considered of
universal scope
ABSOLUTE TRUTH IN LOGIC
MATHEMATICSHOW MANY TRUTHS ARE THERE?
Everything is energy, vibrating at different frequencies, and the frequencies that you focus on, that you pay attention to the most creates your reality. This is the reality you're aware of. But it's not the only one.
Store A or Store B?
To you, it seems like there's only one reality, however, because you're only aware of the paths you took, not the ones you didn't take. But those other paths were taken, by different versions of you.
Certainty – it's hard if not impossible to deny
Evidence – it has to based on something but the evidence can be doubtable
Practicality – it has to actually work in the real world but not in the practical world
Broad agreement – lots of people have to agree it's true (the more people believe the
Earth is flat doesn’t make it flat)
TRUE KNOWLEDGE THAT CONSTRUCT THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH INVOLVES:
If we start doubting everything from the beginning to find the absolute true, then
everything will be uncertain.The only thing that is certain is that you
are thinking. To disaprove that you are thinking, you
have to think.Personal thought: there is only one absolute truth, but there are many
versions of it.
CONCLUSION
It is impossible to have an absolute truth It is also impossible to have a unified view
about whoe land is the promised land. Sharing the land, having equal rights and
stopping violence.
BACK TO THE KNOWLEDGE ISSUE
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REFERENCES
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blsaddambushrepublicanguard.htm
http://wakeupfromyourslumber.com/node/5161
: http://www.deliberatereceiving.com/tapping-into-universal-knowledge.html#ixzz1lD6HY700