(Image source) The Theory of Knowledge essay is an integral component of your final TOK mark, as it makes up 40 out of the 60 marks for your TOK grade (the other 20 marks come from your presentation). Each examination session, the International Baccalaureate publishes a list of a dozen or so “title prompts”, which [...Read more...]
Identify each fallacy on the list. Some are repeats. 1. Jim picked up some litter and the next day he was hit by lightning. Therefore, picking up litter must cause one to be struck by lightning. 2. You are an environmentalist. Therefore, you must also be a violinist. 3. I’m starving and I was attacked [...Read more...]
Here are some questions that appeared in class discussion, and some answers that we arrived at. 1. To what extent is language a part of the human identity? This question arose when I was reading the introduction. The introduction states that “language is something that … completely surrounds us… [and] has a central function in [...Read more...]
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(Image source: US government through Wikipedia) This is a digital copy of a thought map I created for this section of our Theory of Knowledge studies. Purpose: To explain sadness and agony, and identify the role of facial expressions To determine how to react to those emotions Concepts: Partial Expression: when only certain parts of [...Read more...]