ToK essay: Discuss the importance of reason and emotion in distinguishing between belief and knowledge?
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:54:08
"Welcome back to the motherland!" said my Beijing friends. "Our ancestors came from the same place; we share the same Chinese culture and values. Taiwan is part of mainland China" they continued saying with passion. I have good reasons to reject this although I wasn't allowed. One day in my IB geography class the teacher explained, with valid reasons, how food aid would cause further problems in LEDCs. I thought the points were thoughtful and
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completely. It's important that both emotion and reason should exist in the area of belief in order to build firm knowledge which is closer to the truth. Belief is part of knowledge. It's the starting point and further development of the knowledge. Emotion diversifies our decision and interpretation, and reason evaluates our behavior. We are in dangerous of being ignorant when lack of judgment; knowledge would lose its fuel when we no longer use passion.
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