To what degree is sense perception reliable?

Epistemology is the study of knowing.  It deals with the nature of knowledge, how do we know things, what do we know, why we know, is what we know true, and what are the limits of knowledge.

From experience, from learning or reading about it. From our brain receptors.

Our sense perception is selective, it can be misleading and we can connect it to memory.

we need it so we are conscious of our surroundings, 

We know about 

Homework: Learn the Ways of Knowing and the Areas of Knowledge for a quiz next class

Ways of Knowing (flimsier)

• Faith: 
• Language
• Imagination
• Memory
• Sense Perception
• Intuition
• Emotion
• Reason

Areas of Knowledge (HH Marine)

• History
• Human Science
• Math
• Arts
• Religious Knowledge
• Indigenous Knowledge
• Natural Science
• Ethics

In 2015 the TOK syllabus aded to areas of knowledge, indigenous and religious knowledge, why would they? 

TOK is a great class to be able to be open minded and explore and learn about things happening all over the world. In addition, all areas of knowledge could be connected to people and the way they live, from the past until today. It would only make sense to also mention where they come from and religion has a large portion to do with why people act the way they do. So it may supply or provide an explanation for why people are who they are and what has formed their way of thinking. In addition, these two topics are quite philosophical and have may dimensions to them and much that can be discussed. Lots of things in these two new areas can deal a lot with imagination and allow for one to understand more about a person and our worlds history. All other topics are quite straight forward and are typical things we study in class, however these two new additions are what are going to drive our discussion and require a bit more thinking as we are not as familiar with the two new topic.