Themes
This theme explores how the knower's perspective shapes knowledge.
What is Knowledge and the Knower?
The AOK that deals with the study of human behavior and mental processes.
What is Human Science?
This element of the knowledge framework defines the boundaries and limitations of what can be considered valid knowledge within a specific area?
What is Scope?
This concept in TOK explores how individual viewpoints, beliefs, and experiences influence the acquisition and interpretation of knowledge.
What is Perspective?
This is a flaw in reasoning that invalidates an argument or statement. It occurs when the premises of an argument fail to provide sufficient support for the conclusion, leading to an erroneous or misleading inference.
What is Logical Fallacy?
This theme explores how advancements in technology impact the acquisition, production, dissemination, and interpretation of knowledge.
What is Knowledge and Technology?
This AOK explores the study of past events and their significance.
What is History?
This element of the knowledge framework emphasizes the importance of considering diverse viewpoints and cultural contexts in the acquisition and interpretation of knowledge.
What is Perspective?
This term describes the impartiality or neutrality of knowledge claims, free from personal bias or perspective?
What is Objectivity?
True or False: Methodology within the knowledge framework refers to the systematic approaches and techniques used to generate and validate knowledge within a specific area.
What is True?
This theme considers the potential for language to facilitate or inhibit effective communication and understanding.
What is Knowledge and Language?
This AOK explores the concepts of beauty, creativity, and expression.
What is the Arts?
This term in the knowledge framework refers to the systematic approaches, techniques, and tools used to generate, analyze, and validate knowledge within a specific area?
What is Methods and Tools?
This term describes the reasoning or rationale behind a knowledge claim, providing support for its validity?
What is Justification?
This term describes statements or assertions about the nature of reality that can be evaluated for their truth or validity?
What is a Knowledge Claim?
This theme delves into the ethical dimensions of knowledge production, dissemination, and application. It considers questions of moral responsibility, accountability, and integrity in the pursuit and use of knowledge.
What is Knowledge and Ethics?
The AOK that deals with the study of natural phenomena and laws.
What is Natural Science?
In the knowledge framework, what term describes the moral considerations and values that guide the production and dissemination of knowledge within a specific area?
What is Ethics?
This concept in TOK explores how authority, influence, and control impact the production and dissemination of knowledge.
What is Power?
This term describes the tendency to interpret and evaluate knowledge claims based on one's own cultural perspectives and beliefs.
What is Cultural Bias?
This theme explores the relationship between knowledge and economic systems. It considers how economic factors, such as resource allocation, wealth distribution, and market forces, influence the creation, distribution, and value of knowledge.
What is Knowledge and Economics?
This AOK explores the concepts of truth, proof, and validity.
What is Math?
What term describes the structured approach used in Theory of Knowledge (TOK) to analyze knowledge claims, incorporating elements such as scope, methodology, perspectives, and ethics?
What is the Knowledge Framework?
This term describes the process of assigning meaning or significance to information or experiences?
What is Interpretation?
This is the central question that Theory of Knowledge (TOK) seeks to answer, exploring the nature, scope, and limitations of knowledge?
What is "How do you know what you know?"