TOK reflection 4

I really wasn’t in the mood for TOK as this was that TOK class when everyone was free except us, Tuesday 4th block and we had just sat through a long and tiring economic forum. Everyone was going out for lunch and we poor souls had to sit in class and listen to miss nehal go on about common sense realism and scientific realism. Miss nehal began to define the above turns and I desperately tried to listen. Scientific realism states that the worls exists independent of reality. Phenomenalism believes that matter is simply the permanent possibility of sensation. we then stated an example saying that if a table exists in A classroom then any table exists in any classroom. We then discussed the above three terms, namely, common sense realism, scientific realism and phenomenalism stating phrases for each of the three terms.
Common sense realism- “ what you see is what is there”
Scientific realism-“atoms exist in void”
Phenomenalsim-“ to be is to be perceived.”
These phrases helped me understand these terms better. When miss nehal gave us an example related to us by saying that only when we answer in class and interact are we perceived by her as otherwise it’s almost like we don’t exist as we aren’t perceived, I could relate to the sense of phenomenalism. Thus tok class can only be exciting when we debate discuss and are able to relate to the topics being discussed in class. I also understood the importance of giving examples through this class as that is the only way we are able to relate to the topic and make the person thoroughly understand what we are saying.