“Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?

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High School TOK Mind Map on “Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?, created by Ebba Lindgren on 08/06/2015.
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“Ways of knowing are a check on our instinctive judgements.” To what extent do you agree with this statement?
  1. MATHS
    1. Pure maths is almost entirely based on abstract concepts, relying heavily on reason to verify our often incorrect instincts e.g. piling paper
      1. All triangles are isosceles: this statements goes completely against instincts
      2. Euclidean algebra is entirely based upon reason
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      3. ETHICS
        1. Our initial judgement can often be altered when we are provided with additional information
          1. Should we sell our kidneys?
          2. Henry Sidgwich - Moral common sense
          3. Multiple bias effects impact instinctive judgement
            1. "intuition is a suppression of logic due to impatience" - Rita Mae Brown
            2. Oxford English Dictionary definition of INTUITION: the ability to understand something instinctively, without the need for conscious reasoning: we shall allow our intuition to guide us, a thing that one knows or considers likely from instinctive feeling rather than conscious reasoning
              1. Michael Shermer argues that humans are essentially irrational. Even when they think they are using reason, variables such as genetic predisposition etc. lead us to our beliefs. Even when we try and check instinctive judgements using WOK, we cannot
                1. Perhaps WOK do not help to verify our intuition at all but rather give us ways to evidence preconceived ideas
                  1. RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM
                    1. The Goldilocks Effect: religious people claim that they most be right because everything is perfectly designed for us: does this ignore the reason of evolution?
                  2. WOK/AOK
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