TOK: Summary of ideas pages 6-26 (Chap 1)

Theory of Knowledge allows one to expand their process of thinking, think outside the box and question "why?". Pages 6-26 highlight the ways of knowing, allowing the reader to second what they know and travel even further into the belief of knowing, and how one knows. Throughout these pages one can see that their knowledge of knowing, comes primarily from the use of their five senses.The knowledge one gains from their senses is called "empirical knowledge". Page 20 states that there are two main principles of empiricism being: All knowledge is based on experience and the experience of senses and the knowledge acquired through experience is the basis of understanding, making the experiences meaningful. The study of ToK categorizes ways of knowing into four different categories: perception, reason, emotion and language. This allows one to analyze their knowledge and discover how that knowledge was gained. Plato, a Greek philosopher, who pioneered both the understanding of sensation and perception also pioneered the Theory of Knowledge. This shows how perception and sensation go hand in hand with Theory of Knowledge, allowing one to gather a better understanding of ToK through these concepts.