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WOK Review: Language/Reason

WOK Review: Language/Reason. Goal: Refresh our memories in preparation for the TOK Essay. Agenda. 1: Pass out key points and ideas, explain HOMEWORK!!! (YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 2: Use open-ended questions to make links between different WOKs and AOKs. Language and Ethics.

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WOK Review: Language/Reason

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  1. WOK Review: Language/Reason Goal: Refresh our memories in preparation for the TOK Essay

  2. Agenda • 1: Pass out key points and ideas, explain HOMEWORK!!! (YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!0 • 2: Use open-ended questions to make links between different WOKs and AOKs

  3. Language and Ethics • Should offensive language be censored? • Things to think about…. • Who determines what is offensive language? • How do you censor it? • Are there benefits to using offensive language? • When, if ever, is it appropriate? • Why is language offensive?

  4. Language and Perception • How does language affect the way we see things?

  5. Language and History • Is it possible to describe historical events in an unbiased way?

  6. Language and Math!! • How is mathematics like a language?

  7. Language and Reason • How many arguments turn out to be about the meaning of words?

  8. Reason and Human Sciences • As a whole, are human beings rational beings?

  9. Reason and Perception • Should we trust reason rather than perception?

  10. Reason and Emotion • Can emotion be rational?

  11. Quote 1 • “He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; and he that dares not reason is a slave.” – William Drummond (1585-1649) • What does this quote mean? • How can you apply it to our current society?

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