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Hi, For my ToK essay I intend on using game theory as an example when discussing human sciences (economics) as one of my AoK. My question is, do you guys think this works or os game theory more mathematics?
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Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished.†Consider this claim with respect to two areas of knowledge? Need some advice on expanding these topics. These are my ideas that I'll be focusing on. Idea 1: Math, Imagination Sample: Imagination with mathematics may seem irrelevant to each other but it does connects each other. For example, the golden ratio is represented as Phi = 1.618 and it is often known when taking the ratios of distances in simple geometric figures (pentagon, decagon, etc.). The golden ratio contributes in many aspects of the world. One of them would be that the golden ration contributes in Art, architecture an…
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Hey. The TOK presentation is coming up soon and we have been asked to identify the real life situation we want to talk about and also our knowledge question. I was thinking of 2014 Peshawar Massacre (You can quickly read it it as to what happened). I am not sure if I am going in right direction, as I have no idea how to relate to TOK. It would be great help if someone could tell me weather this is right or not and if its right, what kind of knowledge question can I have? ThankYouu so much
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What could be a claim for " To what extent are stereotypes a representation of a society's understanding?" Also, is that a good knowledge question?
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Hi guys! I was wondering if for the TOK Presentation, we need to present the main knowledge question first followed by the two secondary knowledge questions, or if we're able to discuss the main knowledge question after the two secondary ones? The questions that my partner and I have formulated work out in a way that it would be better for the the main knowledge question to go last Thanks!!
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Hey, is "To what extent are stereotypes a representation of a society's understanding?" a good knowledge question, worthy of a TOK presentation? If not, how can I make it better?
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Hello, Does anyone know what the grade boundaries for the new TOK course are? Our presentation and essay are both out of 10 and have a 30-70 weighting respectively. Is the TOK and EE matrix the same as that for previous years where an AA or AB is needed for 3 bonus points? Thanks!
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I know it obviously uses reason, and maybe intuition, but what else is there? And how? and in areas of knowledge I kind of figured that it is used in ethics and the natural sciences. Is there anything else?
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hiii guys can you all help me with my tok presentation my real life situation is related to how people make decisions based on looks, sense persepection. Can youll help me frame my knowledge knowledge RLS - Muslim man is thrown off National Express coach after women passengers complain he 'looked shifty' and made them uncomfortable
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I had an argument with my TOK teacher and she is refusing to give me feedback and is going to submit what I give her, as the final draft Can someone please help me out and go over my essay? I've written it on topic 5 : To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? Thank you
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Just generally would Ancient Greek Mythology be Religious Knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge, or History?
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Hey Guys, I was thinking about taking about sports and how it helped me to change my knowledge about conflicts and become a more understanding person looking for peace in the Middle East using sports. My question was "To what extent does sports shape our knowledge/personality?". My home teacher said I need to improve it but not sure how. Help please? Thanks!
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I need help making a good knowledge question. I started with one about religion and then my teacher started to tell me things that discouraged me so i thought of basing my KQ on marijuana which is debatable, but she discouraged me from that too. I honestly need help please.
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Hey everyone! I've been working on my TOK essay. I'm doing PT #5: To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? I'm trying to define "concept" and it's doing my head in. There are no TOK definitions of "concept" in any of the TOK books and guides I own and there is nothing online that suggests what TOK defines as "concept". What do you think the definition of "concept" is?
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Hello, please help me to find out how to write a good TOK Essay and have a really high mark? Ans which kind of the resources is better to use? And how to do a really good a knowledge question? Thanks
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Hello, I would be very happy if someone could help me out with something for my last TOK presentation So the knowledge question I am working on at the moment is: "When we are telling lies, we are sometimes also telling the truth. To what extent is this true?" I have many examples for when we tell lies and really lie - when there is not truth behind it. But I am having some trouble coming up with examples for when we lie - and at the same time, tell a "hidden truth" through the lie?? I though I made an easy task for myself, but apparently I did not.. Any suggestions?
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Hi I've thought of a topic for my TOK presentation, but I don't know if it's good enough. Can you go through it and comment your views? I'd really appreciate different perspectives on this! My RLS is pluto no longer being considered a planet and my KQ will be "To what extent is evidence important in order to make a knowledge claim?". To further develop it, my sub question is "To what extent is evidence important in order to justify knowledge in natural science?" although I'm not very sure about this. What do you think?
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So my tok teacher give us this question to answer and it has to be 600 words ughhh To what extent do you agree that change is caused by economic and technological factors or the actions of individuals? It should be an argumentative essay where you need to give a sound and clear conclusion by arguing both the perspectives. The assessment criteria is given on the next slide so keep all the points in mind Can someone please guide me on how to answer this essay. Im really bad at writing essay
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In case you guys didn't know,, following are the six essay titles for 2016: “In gaining knowledge, each area of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing.†Discuss this statement with reference to two areas of Knowledge. “Knowledge within a discipline develops according to the principles of natural selection.†How useful is this metaphor? “The knower’s perspective is essential in the pursuit of knowledge.†To what extent do you agree? “Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished.†Consider this claim with respect to two areas of knowledge. To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? “…
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I am thinking of choosing the question number 4 so ' “Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished.†Consider this claim with respect to two areas of knowledge.' I find this one most interesting (and actually easiest for me to write), and I have some ideas on what claims and counter claims to use in the essay, but I just wanted to know what are your ideas on the topic?
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I really really really don't understand the way the TOK essay should be written. I've seen several examples online but I am still confused about the whole essay. Can someone please explain to me clearly and simply what is expected for the TOK Essay??
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WE ARE DESPERATE, WE DECIDED TO DO IT IN A GROUP OF 3 SO WE HAVE 30 MINUTES TO KILL. Our knowledge question: Is it true that sense perception lets the imagination flow and affects the perception of reality in the moment of knowing? We thought about using the tv show the voice or aliens as our real life situation but we still have no idea what to do. We would be very grateful and bake you cookies
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Hi everyone! I have chosen Tu Youyou's derivation of artemisinin from traditional Chinese medicine as the real life situation for my TOK presentation. Now, I am trying to think of a knowledge question do to with indigenous knowledge systems and the natural sciences. I was thinking something along the lines of: How can indigenous scientific knowledge become mainstream scientific knowledge? Let me know what you think! Thanks
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Hi! I don't really understand how to formulate a proper knowledge question for my presentation ¿Could someone help please? My real life situation is silent music, particularly "The ballad of Richard Nixon" by John Denver, which is a "song" that is mere silence for ten seconds. The purpose of the song was to establish Denver's opinion towards Richard Nixon: "no comments". Thus, the song is considered art by some. If silence existed before Denver's song, then had we listened to the ballad? What is the difference between the Ballad and Silence? What makes the Ballad be considered as art? I want to analyze the way that forms of knowledge help us to determine the difference b…
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Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished. Consider this in respect with two areas of knowledge. I need help with ideas of what to write in here i cant find any information and I am confused. Is the value of knowledge always the same or it varies? Does the individual put a specific value to a knowledge, making it change its value? I am not sure if i am on the right track with this, also having trouble answering those questions.
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I am doing a TOK presentation on the banning of religious symbols in France. My real life situation is this banning as a whole, but more recently in 2014 a Muslim student in France was ordered to remove her hijab during a class at the La Sorbonne university. I am trying to think of a good knowledge question but can't come up with anything. I think I want it to have something to do with ethics and religion. Here is a link to my real life situation: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/features/2014/10/01/Hijab-controversy-returns-in-France-after-student-asked-to-remove-her-thing-.html Can anyone help?
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I am currently working on my TOK presentation, and I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following quote: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.†- Mark Twain I would love to have some inputs on that one! :-)
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I need help of understanding this tok question....I need to know what points we can put in How is knowledge(production as well as acquisition) affected by a. Structure of power in your culture. b. Power struggle within each community. c. Modernization
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I know that language is listed as a WoK, and I can see why it is -- we use it to acquire knowledge. But a language is knowledge in itself, so shouldn't languages be included in some AoK too? and while we're at it, in which AoK does Literature belong? (I would say art, right? but what about non-fiction/essays/biographies/etc ? is this still in art?) I want to hear your thoughts on this, as it's been puzzling me for a while. Thanks to anyone who can help clarify my doubts.
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Hello! I just received some critiques from my mock TOK presentation about music. KQ: Is music a subjective concept, objective concept, or both? In my critique, my teacher told me that there are different types of objectivity and subjectivity which include metaphysical objectivity/subjectivity, and epistemological objectivity/subjectivity. I've googled them, but I only got abstract answers that doesn't entirely explain these concepts. Can anyone explain these terms to me, please??
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Hi there, I know i'll probably get judged to appear to be a cheat or something however I am looking to find an example of a 2016 May ToK essay for prescribed title 3. I have already wrote my essay and is 1560 words long yet I just want to have a look at an example of the same topic for the format. Reading the top 50 essays for ToK has really not helped as the subjects are so vast its impossible to guage any sort of writing style/pattern to the ToK essay thus would love to see an example of one for this years question 3: “The knower’s perspective is essential in the pursuit of knowledge.†To what extent do you agree? If anyone could help me find one I would appre…
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Hi, I'm writing my TOK presentation and essay right now. I'm wondering how many knowledge questions I need to address in my both the presentation and essay. For the essay, I know you have to derive your knowledge questions from the prescribed topics, but do you answer to prescribed topic or the knowledge question? And if you do answer the knowledge question, how many do you have to address in your essay? I'm a bit confused. I've made a main knowledge question which I have brainstormed to using various smaller knowledge questions. Do I have to make more knowledge questions? Do I answer the main KQ? Or do I discuss the smaller KQs in conjunction with the main KQ? Also…
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Hi I am doing my Theory of Knowledge Presentation soon and I've thought of a topic so I hope you guys could comment your thoughts on it, be it good or bad, I'm open-minded about it. My real life situation would be about a theory suggested by Stephen Hawking about "Human aggression will someday be responsible in destroying human civilization" which I will connect to another real life situation of the Cold War where the US and Soviet Union were fighting due to the establishment of nuclear weapon that may wipe out the world. My knowledge question would be something like "How can be determine that people are angry?" and further develop it to "How can emotions be justified ac…
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hey all, I started writing my TOK essay and I completed about like 1100 words and one of my friend read and said me that you'r not allowed to write in first person form. For the real the real life example I gave my personal experience, so I must use the word 'I'. so my doubt here is - Can I write in first person form for explaining my real life example in a formal way? Thanks, HARI
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Confused about the difference between "real life examples" and "examples" in the TOK essay
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Hello I'm just now starting my TOK essay and I had a look at the essay grading criteria. Here is the assessment criteria so that you don't have to google it: I noticed that the IB has made a clear difference between a level 5/4 essay and a level 3 essay in respect to the examples that are used in the analysis of knowledge questions. A good essay uses "real life examples" whereas a poor one uses "examples". I'm very confused about what the IB is trying to get at here. Does it just mean that I should not make up my own theoretical examples like "imagine that you were a member of Pluto's congress and you just heard that your long time ally, Earth, does not consider Pl…
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If you have spare time read up on some of these articles, they will surely help you! (I have also attached a .pdf with some more relevant information) General guidlines google doc - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nNB-QXKhFB1DDvXEC2i5LIDAiq875qZXuxqWM8LcciM/edit 1. “In gaining knowledge, each area of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing.†Discuss this statement with reference to two areas of Knowledge. Analysis on the question - https://toktrump.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/essay-title-1-may-2016-gaining-knowledge-networks-of-ideas/Analysis on the question - https://istok2013.wordpress.com/assessment/essay-2015-16/essay-1/Visual outline for the essay - https…
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Hi! My TOK homework is: "The Knowledge Issue is the following: ' Without language there can be no transmission of knowledge'. Your homework is to note in detail how you would investigate this KI. Remember how I detailed this during class time. Plan out the Knowledge Areas that you would use, the Ways of Knowing that you would associate with each KA.The summary of some of the things you would say in each WOK , and find some arguments that you would use as a back up to those arguments. Linked to the arguments would be examples of quotes etc. You are not to write the presentation in full but make an outline\notes to say how you would do it. Try to use TOK language and inc…
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Hey Everyone! I just have a simple question (hopefully)... What are the grade boundaries for TOK for the new syllabus? Both for the presentation and for the essay? Also, I got a 7 out of 10 in my first attempt at the TOK presentation (had it on a Friday and my prelims from Monday to Thursday so it held no priority therefore I invested no time ). I was wondering, should I do a second attempt (our school allows a "practice" but if you do well then they don't make you do it again)? I am aiming to get my 3 points for TOK and EE because I want a good score by the end of this, BUT I am not sure if I can completely put my faith in getting an A for my EE... So basically wh…
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Hello IBers, Do you guys think that this is a good TOK presentation?: How does technology affect the way we acquire knowledge? I was thinking about Memory, Emotion for WOK, and mathematics for AOK. I haven't actually thought of any real life situations. But is this a good topic? and is the KI good? Thank You Soo much in advance.
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So basically, this is my KQ for the presentation With regards to Human Sciences, what role do reason, emotion, faith and sense perception play in the psychological manipulation or abuse of individuals? My plan with my partner is to discuss two RLS (Child soldier and ISIS), each with two WOK. What do you think about the idea? Any advice/comments appreciated!
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Heyy, My TOK presentation is about how Video games influence players to repeat violent acts in the games in real life. My KQ is 'To what extent can modern media negatively influence human behaviour?' but the overall TOK teacher said "She would have to make sure the presentation was about how we choose what to believe. But I am not sure how closely the RLS is related to that, unless the video game counts as 'media'?? Perhaps the focus can be more around the use of imagination and memory if you were going to use his suggested KQ." and now i dont know what to do or how to change my KQ. Please help!!! Thanks!
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Do you guys think this is a good research question To what extent does the manifestation of consent from all parties partaking in a common activity and the proof of its legality shape our opinion about said activity? In my presentation i want to talk about how do we know if girls (and guys) in pornography are always consenting to perform degrading sexual act and also is this consent enough. Thank you
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Hi, So I'm working on my tok essay, and I decided to write about title 5: To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? So, I've got some ideas on what to write about, but I would like to see different perspectives and what different people think of the questions so I would really appreciate if you could tell me your view on this topic and even help me with some examples. My main points are that in religion people believe one thing and based on this believe they act in a specific way, and I supported this with a RLS. on the other hand I argued that there are a lot of more factor influencing the final conclusion that we get, again …
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Hi, I chose title number 4: ’Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished.’’ Consider this claim with respect to two areas of knowledge.'' I am writing about how knowledge can have an intellectual or cultural value, and that the value of knowledge does not diminish without a practical application. One of my examples is the discovery of the Higgs boson. Till now, this discovery has not put to a practical use, but it was still so appreciated that it was awarded the nobel prize. Now, my biggest concern is counterclaims. I feel I have a lot of examples to bring up, but no counterclaims. How would you guys recommend coming up with coun…
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Hi guys! Im currently working on my TOK Final Presentation and I need your immediate cooperation. I´m a Mexican IB student and we are asked to interview people about what they think when they see this photo: Can you please guys answer the following questions: 1) Personal Information: Name, Gender, Age, Nationality 2) What do you think about the photo? 3) What do you think it means? 4) Who would wear this bracelet? 5) Would people in your country wear it? Why or why not? Please guys, help me answering this quick survey and help this kid get a good grade in TOK Thank you so much! Greetings from Mexico
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Hi, “In gaining knowledge, each area of knowledge uses a network of ways of knowing.†Discuss this statement with reference to two areas of knowledge. What do you guys think about title 1? By reading the question I understand that it's asking you to explain the idea of how the WOK's link together to help you understand the knowledge in the AOK. I am finding it difficult to find arguments that oppose this idea and disagree on it.. do you have any idea, perspectives, opinions, whatever.... any help is appreciated!!
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I want to do my TOK presentation on the butterfly effect but I'm not sure if it's good enough for IB. The butterfly effect is pretty much the whole reason why we know the things we know and so I could definitely fit in all of the ways of knowing and some areas of knowledge into my presentation. However, I'm stuck on the whole "real life situation" thing. Because the butterfly effect is literally involved in every real life situation, I don't really have a super specific example to point to, if that makes sense. Or does that work to my advantage? Could I just come up with a realistic short story? I thought of this topic because I've played a bunch of video games that…
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''there is no such thing as 'certainty' i.e we can never be completely sure of anything'' To what extent do you agree with this statement? Give at least 3 real like situations to support your view point 2. for real life response consult following resources news channels magazines articles news paper not more than 500 words I dont understand. this is sooo confusing. can someone please guide me on how to go about this essay!?!?!?!?
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I have chosen to write my TOK essay related to the following question: â–ª To what extent do the concepts that we use shape the conclusions that we reach? Could you give me some examples of real life situations? Thanks
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