Theory of Knowledge Prescribed Title

Ways of Knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements

Ways of Knowing alter the perception of a person's instinctive judgements

• Why are people's embedded instincts susceptible to change?
• Why are learned behaviors difficult to change?
• Why are some ways of knowing (faith) more effective on a person's instinct than others (reason)?

• Some people do not always alter their judgments based on their knowledge
• Learned behaviors are easily forgotten through behavioral conditioning
• Faith is reason to certain people

• Discuss real world examples (Christians  believe in predestination which leaves little room for logic)
• Personal examples (Touching an iron as a child becomes a memory and effects one's instinct NOT TO EVER TOUCH AN IRON AGAIN OH GOD THAT WAS THE WORST
• Make sure to differ between belief and instinct (are they all that different?)
• Include the ways of knowing that most effectively support thesis

Ways of Knowing can be a result of instinctive judgements

• Why does instinct come before experience?
• Instinctive judgments can be false
• Are instinctive judgments a result of a person's upbringing?

• Some people do not acquire instincts until they experience something
• Instinctive judgments are usually true (Why is that?)
• The ways of knowing are, arguably, incorporated into a person's upbringing

• Research instinctive behaviors (catching or dodging something coming towards you or other reflexes)
• The eye on the stove is red with heat, a coke can is also red; should I not touch it?
• Imagination is often stressed during childhood. How does that affect a person's instinctive behavior?

Learned behavior can be a result of ways of knowing or can be altered by the ways of knowing 

• ​Is emotion a learned behavior?
• Can innate behavior be changed?
• What alters learned behavior?

• Emotion is innate
• Innate behavior cannot be changed, it is embedded
• Instinct is also innate, not learned

• Research various experiments regarding innate and learned behavior
• Determine your opinion on which ways of knowing are learned and which ones are innate (provide support!!!)
• Can ways of knowing alter innate/learned behavior? HOW? PROVIDE EXAMPLES