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pretty much my title, im thinking of using the recent wikileaks as the case study but talking about the ethical implications of leaking info. what do you think? and how do i start it?? ideas?!? help please!! change of plan, now i need to know what 'way of knowing' this would fall under? someone please say something..
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Hey guys, I am doing my first TOK presentation ever and I really have no idea of what i am going to do or what would be a good topic... I am not really sure what Knowledge Issues are and what to do with them... I am doing to presentation alone and therefore, need it to be a good one... Can anyone give me any good ideas??? Thanks, Henry
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I'm very confused about how to go about dealing with this essay... here's the very very rough outline that I have so far: Introduction: -how can we have knowledge about something that has not been proven true? -knowledge= a justified, true belief -thesis: yes, we can know something that has not been proven true. Now to explain how... I decided to break up the definition of knowledge into three paragraphs body#1 -what is does justifiable mean? -because something is justifiable does that make it true? -what makes something justifiable? -example of something that was "justified" at the time? (very unsure of what to use for this) body#2 -since "truth" is missing from the equa…
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Has anyone done a presentation on artificial intelligence/the chinese room argument? I feel very lost and i need some help or feedback on what i currently have in mind Real life situation: Chinese room thought experiment by John Searle Knowledge issue: Who is a knower? Ideas: human vs. computer a computer uses artificial knowledge to manipulate information, so does this mean that a machine can know? a human using a dictionary uses the same tool to get information, by following a set of rules in a dictionary Areas of knowledge dealt with: reason - machines uses reason(?) language - can be applied when translating languages, same word - different meaning It is a very broad…
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The question is this: "Discuss the various roles perception and language play in establishing individual and cultural identities. Which way of knowing, perception or language, can bring us closer to the truth about ourselves and others?" The problem is that it's so broad and you don't know where to begin. Our TOK teacher is horrible and gave us the rubric the day before it was due.
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This one's a simple question, but can carry a lot of meaning: "Are reason and logic purely objective and universal, or do they vary across cultures?" In respect to all of your guys' cultural background/ origin, to what extent is reason and logic different to those that you have witnessed around you? That is, assuming most of you attend an international school where there is a tendency for culture clash and TCK issues etc. Do you think all reason and logic is purely objective? Or that those two can vary depending on an individual's case of where they are from?
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Hey, We have to do a presentation on ETHICS and I'm sorta undecided on the topic. Ideally, I'd do cannabis, to legalize or not, but someone else already did it. So I've though of a few others: Music downloading Gay marriage - California as an example Censorship - on the internet as an example Internet privacy Former Nazi officers - is it morally right to prosecute them today? What do you guys think I should do? Thanks in advance
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I don't understand Knowledge Issues .. I just can't make sense of what differentiates it from an average question, I'm trying to find one for class tomorrow, looking through the local newspaper but I don't know what I'm looking FOR ! Can someone please define this in a clear way ? Thank you so much
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I'm confused if religion and ethics are two different areas of knowledge or if religion is integrated with ethics. Every post I have read on here seems to say that they are integrated, but in my TOK book they clearly have two different sections under AOK. Is there a new syllabus or what is going on?
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I'm writing topic #3 (Doubt is the key to knowledge...) and I'm looking for some useful quotations about knowledge/belief/doubt. My two areas of knowledge are psychology and ethics so if the quotation is by a psychologist it would be amazing. Any advice?
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I am doing my tok oral presentation on this topic, and i have done the whole presentation, but i can't think of a counter claim, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. Thanks in advance
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Hey guys, i need some help with this topic. if you guys can help me find a few sources that have anything to do with this can you post some below?
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I chose my topic on the tok presentation "same-sex marriage" I need ideas about the structure of the presentation and the WOK and AOK linked to my topic.. any ideas??
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How can I relate "Transsexualism" to my TOK presentation?? I chose Biology(natural science), psychology(human science), and religion as my AOK. What do you think? And do you have any ideas of what would be my WOK and KIs?! I really need help as my TOK presentation is due next Monday!!
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I have over 1400 words thus far, but I do have a quote as well. Since I'm just over 1400, I'll add length if it doesn't count. The requirement is 1200-1600, but my teacher told us we ought to have 1400 at least. Sorry if this was in a sticky or something already, I did quick find for word count and didn't see anything, so... yea. Thanks so much for any response.
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Hey Guys, So I have my first IB TOK presentation next week and I am not quite sure if I am on the right track to receive the grade that i desire... At the moment my topic is not being able to know the emotion of something without having the experience to match the emotion too. My real life situation at the moment is something along the lines of; it is impossible to know the emotion behind loosing a family member to death, unless you yourself have lost a family member to death. Everyone knows that it is saddening to lose a family member however, unless you have lost a family member you can not know the full extent of the emotion. That is the majority of what I have at the …
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Hi guys.... I really need you help. I have my TOK presentation next week and our teachers only told us about it this weeks. I have 2 days to hand in a strucutre of what I have to say (this is not the proposal as I have already gave the real life issue and my teacher liked it so much, he said it would be a great tok presentation). The only problem, is the knowledge issues I will be presenting. I have no idea. My topic will be: Are our civil rights inalienable. The two real life situations will be : 1) US 2nd ammendments - the right for individuals to bear arms. 2) the relase of secret documents by wikileaks My teacher said I could look at the language people used in th…
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I'm doing a TOK presentation based on the knowledge issue: To what extent can improvement in technology aid us in the search for knowledge? I still not sure how to tackle this knowledge issue and which real life situation I should use so can you guys please help me and give me some tips on how to get high marks on this presentation? Thank you very much!
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How subliminal messages affect society? This is my issue so far. Thinking of relating it to phycology and how subliminal messages affect the way humans perceive things and to the arts and how subliminal messages affect how we view art. Not sure what else im doing. Any suggestions???
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What is your opinions on animal testing? Show your ethical opinion.
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hey guys for my tok oral, my KI is to what extent can happiness be characterised as emotions as opposed to material possession. my RLS right now is about the real life story about the guy from the movie into the wild or maybe something to do with buddhism do you guys have any other ideas for a RLS? thank you! anything is appreciated!
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Hey guys, my final ToK presentation is in a couple of weeks. My topic is on animal testing, and I am mainly going to talk about ethics. Do you guys have any suggestions on what to talk about in my presentation?
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Our teacher says we have to write a "TOK journal" every night!!! .. after each TOK lesson!.. What is a TOK journal!?.. and How do we write it?-- Like, what do I put in it!?
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For my presentation I would like to do evolution vs creationism but i dont know what i would put in it to get it 16+ (i NEED to do well this term) PLEASE HELP ME!!! i would appreciate it so freaking much im thinking of doing emotion vs reason as my ways of knowing too!
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I've chosen; How can we recognise when we have made progress in the search for knowledge? ; as a title for my ToK essay but it requires me to compare 2 AoK. I want to compare Natural sciences with Religion but it doesn't look like the IBO recognise religion as an AoK. So im trying to think of religion in terms of it's historical context. Would I be allowed to do this? Advice would be much appreciated.
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I pose this question: "Do humans possess instincts?" In essence, i'm asking if you believe that humans have accurate knowledge of how to be successful without ever being in a certain situation, or if their environment influences their knowledge. Just taking the mindset that knowledge does exist. So, is it pre-known or learned?
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Hey everyone! I happen to be doing my tok presentation next week, and ive come up with a topic "how can reason be used to justify and inhumane law?" My actual issue is to do with the new law in the UAE regarding how it is not illegal for men to beat their women as long as they leave no bruises". I have have good ideas, but am just struggling to create a coherent flow. I would love to hear your opinion on this! thank you so much
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I don't know what we're supposed to learn in TOK, but I'm pretty sure it isn't this. My teacher, who is also the head of the IB program in our school, is going through the history of Western Philosophy with a fine-toothed comb in order to prove to us that Plato and Kant were wrong about everything, free market is the best, and Ayn Rand is a goddess. Now, I'm no socialist, but I find this biased approach unfair. I know IB philosophy is like, "everything is biased!" but he's so blatant about it! So, is this okay? Am I totally wrong? Does anyone else feel like they're being indoctrinated?
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Hi all, I need to come up with a TOK presentation idea, and I was thinking that I'd like to do it regarding some of the etiquette customs of Chinese culture, since this is something I'm interested in and have personal connection to. Particularly, I'd like some way to discuss the Chinese concepts of 'mianzi' and 'guanxi' and such, and how they compare with other cultures, and how this may affect how different people in different cultures might 'know' differently. For example, because of this, Chinese people often say 'no' when they mean 'yes', and it is thus up to the listener to implicitly understand what is meant, essentially much of Chinese culture involves knowing what…
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Hi, i actually finished writing my TOK essay, until one of my teachers totally scrapped it, saying it was all wrong. Could someone please help me with the above mentioned topic? I was wondering which AOK's i should be focusing on, as in my previously written essay, i haven't concentrated on any AOK's in particular. The examples are from a range of AOKs. Also, could someone help me with a way to go about writing my essay? Thank you. Your help would mean a lot.
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Hi guys i need a TOK topic.....asap.
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I will be doing my ToK presentation soon and I am looking for possible topics. I'm starting to read the novel Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and I thought it would be fun to do a ToK presentation with something from that novel. I've only just started, so I only know a very brief background of it, so I am not really sure exactly what I could use from the novel for this. From my current knowledge, it seems that I could do something with Capitalism vs. Socialism with the human sciences or ethics (ethics would probably be easiest in my opinion). or maybe with Rand's Objectivism philosophy and its take on reason or morality (though I do not know much about that yet). As I said, …
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For our ToK presentation we were going to talk about why our culture (american) is on a constant search on how they can perfect their projected image in order to appease everyone around them as if they have some standard to live up to. We have a few things to discuss about, such as suicide attempts and actual completions (calling them successes sounded too bad) and also how the media portraying the celebrities as perfect individuals (we have entire TV channels dedicated to following the lives of these people...). Aside from physical image we are also discussing how people act and what they say, sort of as if they were changing their personalities in front of certain peopl…
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Is this a good topic? We would be relating it to Religion and Ethics, how some cultures are limited in how they invest etc. Please don't write topic titles in CAPS. Thank you. - Graeme
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hi, am doing my tok presentation soon and am still deciding to go with "Is Life a Dream" or something else? any ideas (including on what to talk about for "is life a dream?) thanks
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Hey, my TOK presentation is about 10 days from now and I am thinking about "can video games be considered an art?". Is this a good real life situation? And the knowledge issues would be "how do we define art?" and "How can we decide if something is an art or not?". So do you guys think this is good enough?
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For the TOK Oral presentation that has to be about ten minutes, what are the TOK principles/knowledge issues should I cover? I am not that familiar with the TOK principles and can't find it. Can someone help me, please?
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Hey, I'm doing my TOK Presentation later this week on Do violent video games or movies cause violent behavior And i'm having trouble finding a Knowledge Issue or basically, how to go about doing this presentation helpp pleasee?
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Alright guys, im sure half of all IB kids around the world are suffering and trying to figure out what to write about for journals, so lets post some topics here, some apparently 'deep' ones that teachers would love. here's my input: 'experts aren't always right' also someone in another post mentioned saying 'before [blank] i thought [blank] but now i realize that [blank].. and then elaborate, basically add more words this is actually a really good formula and teacher will think you know what you're talking about.
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I wanna do my TOK oral in a pair about the cricket case where Pakistan was accused of spot-fixing in the England tour These are wat im considering: - Media Bias - AOK- History , since pak has a history of doing and being accused of match fixing - Personal Opinion, i am paki so i believe their not guilty so i might be biased - Showing quotes by both Pakistani and English players. And showing the difference in them. - Also, ill take a class vote on who believes that the players are guilty after showing the video, and then again after the presentation So does this sound like a good idea??
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So, I'm considering doing my ToK presentation on the Iraq War and, as the knowledge issue, "To what extent can war be justified?". Any thoughts on the suitability of these issues for a ToK presentation?
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I am interested in doing topic numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 9 out of these, which one of these do you guys think will make a in-depth (extensive)essay? 2. How important are the opinions of experts in search of knowledge? 3."Doubt is key to knowledge" (Persian Proverb). To what exent is this true in two areas of knowledge. (science and what else?) 4. To what extent do we need evidence to support our beliefs in different areas of knowledge? 6. "There are no absolute distinctions between what is true and what is false." Disuss. 9. Discuss the roles of language and reason in History. (Stalin, Peron, Castro...) Personally, i'm inlcined towards numbers 3, 4, and 6. What do you guys …
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i just wanted to ask for help in my tok presentation as i want to do something about reality tv shows like jersey shore etc and how it can change our perception of what reality is and i am open for other suggestion
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Hello guys, I want some help in figuring out the knowledge issues and please can anyone guide me how could I do my presentation? What TOK issues could I use to make my presentation better? Thanks in advance
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I wrote my TOK Essay, and I used the Holocaust as an example for my history paragraph. However, my teacher told me its an over-used example and he advised me to change it. I was just wondering if anyone knows of an example in history that is shaped by different cultural beliefs. Like when I used the Holocaust, I said that Nazis had a different opinion on the Holocaust and the non-Nazis had another opinion. So another historical example that is based on cultural and personal circumstances, rather than justified evidence.
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I'm planning to use this title for my TOK presentation due next week. but I'm still not sure where to start or how to write the introduction. I actually need a real-life situation example.
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Hey fellas, i need help with some definitions.. could someone please generally define: 1) Religion 2) Natural Science 3) Human Science thank you so much
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Hey EVERYONE!!!! I have presention TOK on tuesday (26/10) I need find a knowledge issue for topic "Body Language", but I dont even have ideas about. But I thought like "How the body language more effective then the spoken language" but my teacher said is not a really knowledge issue and I need a find real example of this TOPIC! Heeeeeeelppppp Me!!!!! Please!!!! thanks!!!
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Hey EVERYONE!!!! I have presention TOK on tuesday (26/10) I need find a knoledge issue for topic "Body Language", but I dont even have ideas about. But I thought like "How the body language more efective then the spoken language" but my teacher said is not a really knoledge issue and I need a find real example of this TOPIC! Heeeeeeelppppp Me!!!!! Please!!!! Thx!!!!
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Hi, I decided to do my TOK Presentation on the issue of pharmaceutical companies that don't allow the distribution of drugs because great interests are at stake. I have not yet formed a research question. Can anyone propose any ideas or any articles or websites that might exist? If not, what about suggesting me another TOK Presentation topic?!!! Anyway, thanks a lot!
