TOK Essay Title 6 Nov 2021: “We are rarely completely certain, but we are frequently certain enough.” Discuss this statement with reference to two areas of knowledge.

The title is interesting enough to resonate with the cases we handle in our daily lives. For some pieces of information, we are absolutely confident, though rarely; while for some we are frequently confident. Explore the time quantifiers-rarely and frequently.

The very next concept which calls for an unwrapping is for which category of information we rarely or frequently fall in the confidence interval? What are these self-evident facts called? Unpack the knowledge you acquire through the ways of knowledge like sense perception and faith.

The differentiator between truth, faith, belief, and knowledge may solve your confusion. When and why do we assert a high degree of certainty to an information?

You may encounter problem with a shift in the knowledge acquired through your senses, memory, and imagination. Why is this? Are you getting exposed to new ideas which make you unlearn your own thoughts? Even with shared knowledge this kind of confusion may cripple you to think and rethink.

Changes in geographical location and exposure to new socio-cultural-economic conditions may dwindle your confident or certain thought to a provisional one.

In Natural Science you would often find the uses of axioms and empirical evidences to form the premises.

In Human Science there are areas where you may fail to conclude rather hypothesize because of a couple of reasons.

The deeper you think the more pages would open up for you to explore, justify, and analyse the certainty of a fact.