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The ToK Essay. TaK. Knowledge Claims:. 2 + 2 = 4 It’s raining The earth is flat. TaK. The structure and vocabulary of a ToK Essay. 3. 2.

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TaK

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  1. The ToK Essay TaK

  2. Knowledge Claims: • 2 + 2 = 4 • It’s raining • The earth is flat TaK

  3. The structure and vocabulary of a ToK Essay 3 2 Choose real examples from different Areas of Knowledge to make sense of the Prescribed Title and highlight knowledge issues. Examples will generate possible arguments. Exploration of the tensions between examples and abstract ToK vocabulary. Arguments will show the limits of our assumptions. Branching Arguments TaK Vocabulary of examples linked to abstract ToK vocabulary Generalisation Make concrete ToK vocabulary 1 4 Prescribed Title Evaluation of Knowledge Issues from Ric Sims

  4. Some Prescribed Titles: • Does language play roles of equal importance in different areas of knowledge? • Are some ways of knowing more likely than others to lead to truth? • In groups, brainstorm possible knowledge issues that are raised by these titles. Think of examples…. TaK

  5. 1. Does language play roles of equal importance in different areas of knowledge? • Key words: ‘equal importance’ • How do you measure the importance of language? Isn't it subjective? • Mathematics: Is language necessary? • History: Is it possible to describe historical events in an unbiased way? • Media: How does language shape the story? • Sciences: Can language be kept value-neutral? • Religion: Does religious experience lie beyond language?

  6. " ... we will always learn more about human life and human personality from novels than from scientific psychology." (Noam Chomsky) • To what extent would you agree? • What can scientific psychology reveal? • What can novels reveal? • What is meant by ‘human life and human personality’? • How does literature help us understand human nature? • To what extent does observing human beings affect their behaviour? • How much of a problem is bias in the human sciences?

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