Theory of Knowledge-c/o 2022 Assignments

This is your formal submission that will go to IB if chosen to be audited. It must include,
-The prompt as the title
-word count (950 max)
- images of your objects
-work cited (as needed); not included in word count. You must cite your images.
Do not put your  name, IB code, or any other identifying markers on the document.

Please put your exhibition write-up here. This is the draft.

Here is what you will need for today's assignment.

Create a doc for your notes and submit when you are done :)

Take a minute(s) to listen/read this song/lyrics. Re-write without the use of metaphors.  Can you identify all of the song references? Does that deepen the meaning of the metaphor if you know the meaning and context of the referenced song?  How is new knowledge about the world created?

Please load your 3 exhibition objects to Managebac. If you are late uploading, you lose priority over your object if another student is also using the object. If students have duplicate objects and upload on time, then we will have the discussion over which is the better fit for the prompt and other 2 objects. 

Please Load your essay draft here and on Managebac. I also need you to complete your Essay Form on Managebac. The Form is a requirement for IB. I have to submit that along with your essay. I cannot finalize your upload in IBIS unless both components are met.

Create a 2 Slides presentation. The first slide is to explain how new ideas are created. Make it visual. The 2nd slide answers the following prompt: Does our knowledge depend on our interactions with other knowers? Please include one visual and a very brief justification.

This is your final exam for TOK. If you put the time into this, writing your draft will be easy peasy lemon squeazy....

Related exhibition prompt What is the relationship between personal experience and knowledge? (IAP-20) 
Refer to the ideas from this lesson to answer this question
For example, think about how the personal experiences of those holding ‘anti-establishment’ ideas have led to them developing their beliefs.
Which objects could help to illustrate your answer?

“There are no facts, only interpretations.” (Friedrich Nietzsche) 
Write a TOK essay-style introduction to the Big Question, beginning with Nietzsche’s quote.
Prompt: How do our perspectives and biases shape our knowledge of the world?

Write a 150 word conclusion to BQ3 (‘How is our understanding of the world influenced by the way knowledge is communicated?’)
Include at least two of the concepts we’ve looked at and a quote from at least one of our thinkers (see the unit outline to help you)
Submit to Google Classroom.

Please pick your Exhibition prompt and your essay prompt. Just submit a doc with choices.

Please upload your group assignment from this week. You can turn in one per group as long as I can find your names somewhere.

Watch the youtube video on slide 9 of 3.1. I believe that Ian has some more current deepfakes on tiktok that are good too! Answer the questions. Once you are done, you can work on other IB related work.

Please upload your tweet here.

What stood out to you in this chapter? Include your RLS and alternative perspectives. This could be a good resource for prompt 6.

I would like for you to create a 3 slide show of 3 objects you would show for prompt: What is the relationship between knowledge and culture. Then for each image provide a brief description of how each object relates to the prompt. This will help you with PET 1. While you can discuss in groups, you must complete this assignment individually.

Write three short paragraphs answering these questions, based on this Conversation article, and including the quotes mentioned.
1. Why does Kevin Elliot say that science is “value-laden”?
“real-world problems”
“extrapolate beyond the available data”
“language employed by scientists is often laden with values”


2. How should this influence the way we produce scientific knowledge?

“Recognizing values helps science’s integrity”
“promote as much transparency in science as possible”
“science is done by and for human beings.”


3. How does the article challenge the idea of science being carried out in a ‘value-free’ way?

After reading chapter 9, what stood out to you in the reading? Tie it into an RLS, a KQ, and consider other perspectives.

Load your google doc with your notes and final response here please.

Within your answer please include an RLS, 2nd order KQ, why this question is important and a consideration of other perspectives.

In pairs, imagine a conversation between Barack Obama and Paul Bloom about the role of empathy in ethics.
Use the two further articles to help you script this conversation.
Add as much detail as you can to make your two positions accurate, including references to ethical issues currently going on in the world.Specifics: 
Due today, no more than a page, no less than half a page. Put your names on the title and submit once per group.

Within your answer, please include an RLS, 2nd order KQ, why this question is important, and a consideration of other perspectives.

See slides from last week on instructions for reflection.

After reading the chapter, write about one thing that stood out to in the reading. Please link it to an RLS and  a second order KQ. Validate your KQ (why should we be considering this) and incorporate different perspectives.

This is a difficult chapter. Kant's categorical emperatives are hard to process and truly understand; so do your best. I have attached a link to Hank Green explaining Kant that I find to be helpful. With your reading, include a knowledge question (second order) and an RLS that pertains to the chapter. If you have read Macbeth with Mr. Falk. That might be something to consider as an RLS (do the ends justify the means in terms of macbeth murdering all of this people to be king etc....)....

Draw up a list of pros and cons of being a relativist. Include the following terms and examples in your answer.
Culture
Absolute truth
Moral rules & social customs
Right
Ethnocentric - imposing your own set of rules on other cultures
Examples - bullfighting, customs in ancient Rome, Nazi Germany

Write a TOK essay-style introduction to BQ1, How does our knowledge about the world inform the way we construct our values? Please include a hook (like a relevant quote) to interest your reader, explain how you will use any ambiguous language in the questions, explain how you will go about answering this question (maybe you will use two AOKs to explain how they influence the way they construct your values). This is meant to be a paragraph so work to condense your thinking.

After reading the chapter, what stood out to you? Please support your thoughts with a real life situation and a second order knowledge question.

Don't forget to include an RLS and a 2nd order KQ.

Respond to the question. Please include an RLS and a 2nd order knowledge question. Don't forget to include a link to your RLS unless it is a personal example.

Please read Chapter 1 of Justice. Please give a short response as to what stands out to in the reading. I would like for you to also include a real life situation that ties into chapter 1 as well as to construct a second order knowledge question (a question about knowledge itself).

Produce a Google Slides presentation, with the following content:
Slide 1 An outline of Descartes’s approach to knowledge
Slide 2 An outline of Locke’s approach to knowledge
Slide 3 An explanation of which approach you prefer, and why
Slide 4 A bibliography slide
You MUST include in your presentation a link to the coherence and correspondence truth tests.

After Reading "The Invisible Actor at the Centre of the World", what stood out to you in the chapter? In your answer also include a 2nd order knowledge question (a question about the process of gaining knowledge) and a real life situation (how or where does this chapter apply to something happening in the real world). Please include your a link to your source.

When you answer this question, include a real life situation as an example. It can be something your read (link source) or discussed in class or with family. Do not include a hypothetical example.

See attached instructions.

Answer the above briefly in a short and concise way. Explain why you answered Q1 as you did; include any evidence for claims you have made. After you post your response, respond to one other peer. In your response to your peers, I want you to include the factor's that make someone else's perspective convincing or reliable and what factors make someone else's perspective unconvincing.

Find an original RLS, explain it and how it relates to TOK (Tweet length). Add one 1st order KQ and one 2 order KQ.

Here is everything you will need for today.
If you are in an Odd breakout room number, you are A or "Have a Bansky Christmas"
If you are in an Even breakout room number, you are H or "Polish PM accuses Putin..."

Choose one of the BQs. Answer it by making a connection between an area of knowledge, and an optional theme. Try to include one or two of the 12 key concepts in your answer.
For example: " In the natural sciences, technology plays a crucial role in creating new knowledge, allowing knowers to explain and interpret the world more completely."
Ps...explain and interpret are key concepts.