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A kind of false counter-argument that is very easily knocked down.
What is a "straw man" argument?
100
A WOK favored by sentimentalists everywhere.
What is Emotion?
100
This AOK will tell you when your number is up.
What is Mathematics?
100
It is open-ended, applies to more than one AOK, and is about knowledge.
What is a TOK Knowledge Question?
100
He may or may not show up at the Nobel Prize ceremony in December.
Who is Bob Dylan?
200
Argues from the General to the Specific.
What is Deductive Reasoning?
200
This character helps us remember all of the AOKs.
Who is Ham Henri?
200
These interlocking patterns are the basis of African drumming.
What are polyrhythms?
200
She is the lead author of the Theory of Knowledge Companion textbook that no one wanted to buy.
Who is Dombrowski?
200
He plays Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live.
Who is Alec Baldwin?
300
Argues from the Specific to the General.
What is Inductive Reasoning?
300
A kind of memory that could be planted in your mind by a psychotherapist, especially if you were living in the 1990s.
What is a False Memory?
300
A way of finding out if something is true by seeing how practical or useful that thing is.
What is the Pragmatic Check for Truth?
300
It is the generic term meaning "A new word recently added to the language."
What is a neologism?
300
Some believe she should be behind bars.
Who is Hillary Clinton?
400
A way of checking a Knowledge Claim by seeing how internally consistent it is.
What is a Coherence Truth check?
400
This way of checking for truth cannot be applied to Metaphysical Claims.
What is the Correspondence Theory of Truth?
400
If you misinterpret this continuum, you may only see things in black, white, or infinite gradations.
What is the gray scale?
400
The human tendency to find meaningful patterns in meaningless noise.
What is "patternicity"?
400
This third-party presidential candidate did not know what Aleppo is.
Who is Gary Johnson?
500
These Pacific Northwest Indians were mentioned in a passage quoted by Mr. Marty Lefkoe.
What are the Nootka Indians?
500
Employability counts for so much in TOK because TOK is this kind of class.
What is a "discussion-based" class?
500
You would have to ask the original inhabitants to learn about this AOK.
What is an Indigenous Knowledge System?
500
The biologist who had a TED Talk debate with philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.
Who is Steven Pinker?
500
His two most recent starring roles were in Inferno and Sully.
Who is Tom Hanks?