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... IB TOK Essay Prescribed question: #8 "Are some ways of knowing more likely than others to lead to the truth?" Peter Frederiksen Svane St. Mary's International School IB Candidate number: 000134 - 039 March 6th, 2008 Word Count: 1599 A man, Peter, gets home from a strenuous day of work, and walks upstairs to the bedroom to see if his wife is fine. The door, however, is closed, and Peter hears strange noises. Could it really be the truth that she is unfaithful? Peter is confronted with a dilemma.1 Peter pauses, and his emotions take over: "No, she would never do such a thing," he cries to himself. On the other hand, he reasons out that his wife always receives secret calls and that people who receives secret calls are unfaithful, therefore she must be unfaithful. Confused, he decides to call a neighbor, and ask him to open the door. A few minutes later, the neighbor arrives and
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