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ToK Essay. First Attempt Debrief. What are knowledge Issues?. IB Definition: ‘Knowledge issues are questions that directly refer to our understanding of the world, ourselves and others, in connection with the acquisition, search for, production, shaping and acceptance of knowledge.’
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ToK Essay First Attempt Debrief
What are knowledge Issues? • IB Definition: • ‘Knowledge issues are questions that directly refer to our understanding of the world, ourselves and others, in connection with the acquisition, search for, production, shaping and acceptance of knowledge.’ • In simple terms, questions that: • Question what we believe, our reasons for believing it and whether these are good reasons
For example: • Of the four ways of knowing: Emotion, Language, Reason and Sense Perception, which do you think are more reliable and which are less reliable? Illustrate your answer with examples from at least two areas of knowledge.
Characteristics of a Good Knowledge Issue: • Open question • Asks explicitly about knowledge • Uses concepts from ToK (specific ways of knowing/areas of knowledge etc) • Is precise in terms of the relationship between the ToK concepts mentioned
Some More Examples • Questions not about what we know but how we know it TASK • For each knowledge issue, see if it meets the criteria mentioned on the previous page. • Try to develop your own knowledge issues and see if they meet these criteria.