Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

PTE Yr 8 > Meaning, Truth and Purpose > Flashcards

Meaning, Truth and Purpose Flashcards

1
Q

example of knowing:

A

-knowing people believe in God

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

example of believing:

A
  • believe in God

- believing in supernatural things

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

example of believing and knowing:

A
  • some people might know something is right e.g. religion or you might believe that religion is right
  • how the world was created
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What is the difference between knowing and believing?

A

Knowing is when you know something since there is proof and factual evidence behind it. Believing is when you think something is true but it doesn’t have any proof.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What makes us believe what we do?

A
  • our environment and surroundings
  • how we’re brought up
  • peers/guardian(s)
  • culture
  • religion
  • media
  • government
  • laws and law makers
  • instinct(how you react in a certain situation)
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

why photographs are good evidence:

A
  • can show time date and location
  • shows a lot of detail about something and is hard to fake as well
  • shows a moment in time
  • supports other evidence
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

why photographs are weak evidence:

A
  • it could be photoshopped an edited

- quality of image could be poor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

why videos are good evidence:

A
  • stronger than photographs
  • shows a lot of detail
  • includes sound and visual elements
  • very hard to fake
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

why videos are weak evidence:

A
  • it could be edited

- video could be reenacted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

why eye-witness accounts are good evidence:

A
  • they were there

- first hand

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

why eye-witness accounts are weak evidence:

A
  • the witnesses could lie, mishear something or not see something clearly
  • difference in perspective
  • exaggerated
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

why newspaper reports are good evidence:

A
  • state facts unknown to the public
  • ease of access
  • combined evidence of photographs and eye-witness accounts
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

why newspaper reports are weak evidence:

A
  • the report could be based on who wrote it
  • sense of celebrity
  • may be misinformed
How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

scientific truths:

A

These are facts we can prove using evidence. I could perform a test to find this evidence.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

historic truths:

A

These are facts about things that have happened in the past. They can sometimes be supported by evidence. But it is important to be entirely certain of them.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

personal truths:

A

These are truths than I can choose to accept. I cannot provide evidence for them.

17
Q

moral truths:

A

These are truths about right and wrong.

18
Q

subjective truth and examples

A

They are true and other people don’t need to agree with them to make them true.
e.g. chocolate is nice

19
Q

objective truth and examples

A

These need to be agreed upon by everyone else.

e.g. the sky is blue

20
Q

Is there a certainty that any truths will stay the same?

A

no

21
Q

what type of truth is the least reliable?

A

A personal truth is the least reliable as it is subjective to you and different from person to person.

22
Q

What type of truth has the biggest impact?

A

I think a personal truth has the biggest impact on an individuals life as it is subjective to one person and will affect only their decisions and choices.

23
Q

Plato and the cave story

A

Prisoners spent their entire lives chained deep inside a cave. They were chained so that they couldn’t see behind themselves. Forced to stare at the cave wall. Behind them is a fire and between them and the fire is a raised walkway. Each day objects e.g. animals, people, carts etc. cross the walkway. The prisoners see the shadows on the cave wall. A prisoner is released and experiences the outside worlds. The free’d prisoner returns to his friends. Prisoners can’t recognise him and only see his shadow and his distorted voice. The prisoners can’t understand his stories of the outside world. To them it will never exist.

24
Q

How might the prisoners feel when the free’d prisoner returns?

A

-confused as they couldn’t recognise him and the free’d prisoner appears as unreal as they cannot even comprehend what his friend is saying as it is like trying to describe the colour green to someone who has never seen green

25
Q

How does the free’d prisoner feel when he ventures into the outside world?

A
  • amazed
  • enlightened
  • overwhelmed as he may realise that his truth of the shadows was not true
26
Q

How does the free’d prisoner feel when he’s going back into the cave?

A

excited to tell his friends about the outside world

27
Q

What does Plato think about the truth we can arrive at using our senses?

A

Plato thought that we’re all just like prisoners. We think we know what’s real and we think we know that world around us is the whole story. However, we are tried by our senses to think this world is real.

Instead, he suggests that we should be like the escaped prisoner and work hard to understand what real and whats important in life. Plato believed that the true reality is not reached through our senses.

28
Q

It’s better to live in a cave and be happy that wonder what else might be out there. Do you agree? Why?

A

It is not better to live in a cave and not wonder what might be in the outside world as although people may find safety and security in staying in a cave and being happy I think that ultimately it would be better to find out the truth rather than trust our senses which might not even be accurate.

29
Q

see/hear/feel things that aren’t real:

A
  • hallucinations
  • optical illusions
  • dreams
  • mirages
  • sleep
  • in a state of panic or fear
  • injected with morphine
  • virtual reality
  • reflections
  • photoshop
  • pins and needles
  • lucid dreams: where you can control your dream
30
Q

why should you trust your senses?

A

-it’s all that you’ve got to go on

31
Q

Who was Descartes?

A
  • philosopher
  • he said that when he views a stick in water it appears to be bent. He realised that our senses can lie to us and that we shouldn’t trust them as a way to know things about the world
32
Q

The Film Interception

A
  • a thief who possesses the power to enter the dreams of other
  • by projecting himself deep into the dreams of targets, he steals their ideas and makes money from them
33
Q

Descarte Views

A
  • doubted everything
  • aim was to find things we can be 100% certain of
  • noticed that senses deceive us
  • wondered if all our reality might be just one big dream
  • ‘I think therefore I am’ = ‘Cogito ergo sum’
  • one thing he could be sure of was that he was thinking
34
Q

How sure are your perceptions of the world are real?

A

Im fairly unsure because we could just be brains in a jar.

PTE Yr 8 (3 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions