TOK Concepts
Firm conviction that something is the case.
What is certainty?
Thoughts that favor information confirming existing beliefs.
What is confirmation bias?
The IA in TOK.
This German born physicist was famous for developing many theories. He stated "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand."
Who is Albert Einstein?
What is orange?
The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
What is culture?
Truth varies based on context. These four tests explain the different truths that can exist for one situation.
What are Consensus, Correspondence, Coherence, and Pragmatic truth tests?
A claim in TOK must include this.
What is a TOK concept?
This Chinese philosopher, known for his teaching on ethics and the Golden Rule stated "To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge."
Who is Confucius?
The sport Ms. Main has done her whole life.
What is swimming?
The action of showing something to be right or reasonable.
What is justification?
This is someone who a comprehensive and authoritative knowledge of or skill in a particular area. We often look to them for their knowledge.
Who are experts?
The part in writing where you discuss 'so what?' What wider consequences does this line of reasoning in the claim suggest?
What are implications?
This philosopher championed the scientific method and said "Knowledge is power."
Who is Francis Bacon?
Ms. Main went to college here.
What is Penn State?
The ability to do something or act in a particular way, especially as a faculty or quality.
What is power?
This can change as new discoveries are made. If you are going to claim something to be true, or hold an opinion, you should probably have this and it should be reputable.
What is evidence?
Every TOK student's favorite sentences to formulate. I made you do them almost every class before spring break :)
What are Knowledge Issues?
This philosopher said that “The more you know, the more you realize you know nothing.” A specific speaking method you participate in at school is named after this philosopher.
Who is Socrates?
Where Ms. Main is originally from.
What is Kentucky?
The agreement between a statement, idea, or thought and its counterpart in reality.
What is truth?
This is what knowledge is, and it means that it is a belief that is true and support with evidence for reasoning. Beliefs are assumptions, not necessarily truths. Opinions are personal views, often lacking strong evidence or justification. But then what is knowledge?
What is justified true belief (JTB)?
An assignment you write your senior year. It consists of two, four part paragraphs that address two different viewpoints.
What is the Prescribed Title Essay?
This philosopher asks “How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?” This Athenian philosopher influenced Western thought. He was the student of Socrates and the teacher of Aristotle.
Who is Plato?
Ms. Main's favorite college basketball team.
What is University of Kentucky?