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My teacher told my class to do an oral presentation about a philosopher's (in my case, it's Socrates) biography, ideology, points of view, his way of thinking, etc. Can someone help me on how I'm supposed to do this, how should I start, anything?
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Hi guys. Alright, so for some reason I can think of topics for every other knowledge issue (or whatever it's called) for everything other than Harry Potter. Help please?
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Hey guys, my topic is on reason and emotion in epidemics. im going to talk about the media's role, the scientists and how we are affected, but im not sure what else to talk about. any help? thanks
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How many knowledge issues is it wise to include in a TOK presentation? Fewer in-depth is better than many shallowly examined. But what is few? 1? And another one mentioned and lightly touched upon? Because that is where I am now with my topic. My topic is legalization of prostitution. My real life situation is a situation in Nevada where legal brothels is the main part of the industry (Documentary with Stephen Fry as source, anyone seen it?). The best KI I have now, is this: To what extent does reason confirm our belief in legalization of prostitution in terms of ethics? Reason vs. ethics )sort-of) in this debate, then. Any advise? Especially about the number of KIs? And…
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Hello I am working on my tok oral and I need some help in the subject which is the problems of language in a modern world society. Now a days with a globalized world sometimes is hard to get across an idea to a person who has a complete different culture. my main examples are related to social anthropology's book "Small places large issues", specially chapter about modes of thought, but I would like to relate this topic to other areas of knowledge. thank you and i hope you can help meeeeeeeeeeee
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Well its time for my Final TOK presentation and i recently finished reading a book on the wall in Palestine , basically i want to cover the effects of the wall on people and therefore want my topic to be something like the ethical question of building the wall , or maybe to what extent does the Palestine wall affect Palestine and Israel in social and economic ways . Can anyone suggest the proper framing on my knowledge issue . Help would be greatly appreciated . Cheers
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Hey! I'm looking for an interesting TOK presentation topic. Does any one have ideas??? Thank you
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Hi, Me and my group want to do a topic on the perception of beauty I don't know if we should add this to the end of the sentence: "and the cultural (and/or biological) ramifications" to make the topic: The perception of beauty across time and the cultural (and/or biological)ramifications of it. Can any one advise me whether to include the last part of the topic, and if so, should I do both cultural and biological ramifications, or one, and if so, which one over the other and why. And we haven't come up with knowledge issues yet (or anything really), but we're thinking about how emotion and perception define beauty (ie/ different people see beauty in different ways)... a…
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Hello there fellow cyber space peeps I really need some help on my TOK essay. I have no idea what to do and my teacher just said the due date and then left it at that. The question that I am looking at is 'To what extent is faith a legitimate basis for knowledge claims in religion and different Areas of Knowledge?' I am completely lost could anyone or someone please help me Thanks
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I need help for my TOK essay, I'm completely lost and my teacher isn't helping, what do I do? My essay title is 'How can we recognize when we have made progress in the search for knowledge? Consider two contrasting areas of knowledge.' I've considered History and Natural Sciences, but I don't know what to write, please help... Cheers
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I'm trying to find a topic and knowledge issue for my presentation. I want to do it about mass media commercials, for example, how they don't lie, the 'bend the truth' by using words like virtually etc.. HELP!
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Hey. I am confused about my TOK topics like hell. As I've mentioned in my earlier post, my teacher is not being very helpful. I may not end up doing my TOK presentation on teenage suicides but then I wanted to do it on something related to the media. Like how it influences our opinion, other aspects like how it contributes to anorexia too!. How is the structure of a TOK presentation? Like you first explain your real like situation to the audience? Then explain your knowledge issue. After which you link it to the AOKs and WOKs and then the conclusion. I've referred some TOK books and my subject guide but I still don't have a clear idea. In school, we have changed nearly t…
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I have started preparing my final TOK presentation. My real life situation is bad hygiene(odor) that I have to stand in Beijing pulic transtportation every morning. At the beginning, i thought my knowledge issue could be something like 'How should we judge people by their hygiene or bad smell'. but then, it seems to light, not strong enough!.. what can i do??? Please help me!!!
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What is the best textbook for TOK? My teacher doesn't seem to teach us anything.
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My question is: The coherence theory of truth, as used in the scientific method, ensures that new theories will take a long time to be accepted by the scientific community. What I have so far: 1) Whether the new theory coheres with other statements that are known to be true. 2) There is a new theory, and it manages to integrate all evidence harmoniously as compared to the old theory pertaining to the same things with which contradictions have appeared. Logically speaking, the coherence theory of truth will ensure that it is easily accepted (instead of a long time). However, it is the paradigms and beliefs that people have of the old (and often more established) theory. I …
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I am writing an essay on "How can the different ways of knowing help us to distinguish between something that is true and something that is believed to be true?" and im not sure how to start it and what to include in my introduction and what shouldn't be in it Im not asking for you to write an intro out for me i just need to know what to include in the introduction Help is much appreciated
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I don't know if it's the same for everyone else, but this year at our school, we'll upload our essays to candidates.ibo.org. Does anyone know what the deadline for submitting the essays is? It's not stated on the website.
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I was assigned a TOK presentation and the requirements are for me to answer the following questions: -What do you know? -How do you know it? -How do you know it to be true? -Why is the knowledge important to consider in TOK? And the topic is: something you know, are passionate about, have a talent for, or show special interest in. I was wondering if the topic of how cars play an important role in society would be a good topic. The presentation only has to be 3-5 minutes long.
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Do we need evidence in mathematics? If so, why and in what ways?
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need some help here.. my topic is "In what ways is perception limited or enhanced by our sense and our cultural background" I think i can handle the "sense" one but i have no idea how "cultural background" can affect our perception..... many thx!
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I know TOK is worth one point... I think. I just haven't been explained to what it is and how it works? Answers will be much appreciated
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Hi guys, I will start my IB diploma next year so now i am trying to prepare for it. The TOK things are so new to me and I have no idea how can i prepare for it :-( ?!? Do anyone know which book should I choose?? What textbook does the teacher use?? thankssssss
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I just started doing the IB a couple of weeks ago and im having a problem with ToK. My teacher says i have to keep a Tok hournal annd write things in it every so often and i don't have a clue what i am supposed to write in this journal, i barely understand the subject as it is.
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My Presentation topic is How accurate are our decisions to donate to charity?. I am stuck on how I should make connections? What are we meant to make connections to and can anyone think of an example for my topic?
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I got sufficient points with the exams for 2010, although I do not get my diploma yet because I have not done my TOK presentation and missed it in april due to being ill and for some reason my headmaster was really harsh and did not give me a second chance. So I was aware of having to do it before October 1st 2010. Now all of a sudden I got an email today from my headmaster saying I have to do a new TOK essay aswel and it is due next week!!!! She was unaware I had to do that until recently and I had no idea as well because I completed the essay and passed it. My biggest question is why do I have to do the TOK essay??? With new titles!! I am so lost now and only have a w…
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Alright, it's time to start preparing for the TOK presentations and the thing is me and my partner can̈́t come up with a good question. And the teacher isn't much help. Now, I was thinking something related to the drugs (legal/illegal) as that is topic of interest for me. I could also think it would be fun, and perhaps more TOKish, to bring up ethics in some way. But, to be honest, I don't know **** about these presentations (haven't got the criteria - anything). So I guess what I'm asking for here is some basic help with the presentations in general and how to formulate a question in particular.
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Guys should I do my oral on the ethics behind the movie "The Human Centipede"? Like, clearly, Dr Heiter was insane and is clearly responsible for the atrocious things he did, but if he managed to save about say 200 Siamese twins over his entire life, and only he could do the surgeries, then does that mean he is a net benefit to society?
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My TOK topic is on "how do we know it time traveling is possible?" i'm quite interested in this topic, but i dont know if it's a good topic.. and i'm not quite sure what to include.. any suggestions?
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Is it reasonable to believe something because an expert told you? Im writing an essay on the topic, for ToK. I know the classic argument would be to state no, because they might be wrong, etc. But would it work if I said yes, to an extent, especially in area's which the general population cannot do individual research in? That's the angle im thinking of taking. Also, if anyone else has interesting angles, feel free to post them here
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What is Theory of Knowledge
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Im about to start Ib and I was just wondering what Theory of Knowledge is. What do you do and what do you learn about? Is the class difficult? I asked my brother and he said there is lots of essay writing, is that true? Thanks!
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Hey there! Im taking the IB course down in Argentina and need a little help with TOK (TDC in spanish). Our teacher made us create a blog at www.blogspot.com where we should blogg about things concerning TOK, questions one might have and such. Perioidically she will check everyones blog and give us a grade. The thing is I have no idea what to write about. Im in the first year of IB and not getting along with TOK so far :/. I need to aim to about 4-5 entries on the blog for a great mark. If anyone can help it will be welcomed!
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Hi, So basically I am writing my TOK essay on the 8th topic "Art is a lie that brings us nearer to the truth. Pablo Picasso. Evaluate this claim in relation to a specific art form" I just wanted to know the basics of a TOK essay. How many areas of knowledge to I need to include and how many ways of knowing. I know this is a very stupid question, but I could REALLY use your help as i am literally flunking TOK. THANK YOU!
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Hey guys, I just started ToK, and i'm writing my first ToK essay. Unfortunately I don't really get what the Ways of Knowing are, Does somebody midn explaining them to me? Thanks, timtam
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TOK Presentations 1 2 3
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At our school we get 2 opportunities for TOK presentations. I sat and saw the DP2's presentations and I got quite a few topic examples. Global Warming --- (don't know the issues yet but will get back to that later) 2008 Olympics - Boycott or Not? --- History, past decisions on when to boycott, and Ethics, how the Chinese treat their people GreenPeace - Morally Justified? --- Reason/Emotion, how do the activist justify their actions, Is cloning good or bad --- Ethics, is it ethical to clone living things, Language, what do they use for terms when speaking about cloning i.e positive or negative.
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"Discuss the extent learning a second/third language influence one's own perception of the world in cultural issues." This is the topic i am going to write a short TOK essay on (2 A4 pages). I need some opinions or ideas on how to answer the question. I was thinking of using the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis - would this be approporiate? Thanks for any help!
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hey.. i would like to get help with my TOK presentation.. i was thinking on talking about poker or lier dectectors.. u know, body language.... how can i relate to TOK issues? please
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I'm about to start IB2 this year and I was wondering, is the TOK presentation/essay graded externally by IB people, or Internally by the individual teacher? Also, is there a rubric for the Presentation/Essay?
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Hi guys, I will start my IB diploma next year so now i am trying to prepare for it. The TOK things are so new to me and I have no idea how can i prepare for it :-( ?!? Do anyone know which book should I choose?? What textbook does the teacher use?? thankssssss
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hello everyone, i am really in a very desperate situation here.. i really need a topic for my tok oral.. any suggestion?
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I read somewhere that reasoning is the main way of knowing in the natural sciences as it involves the use of all three truth tests: the coherence test, the correspondence test, and the pragmatic test. Can anyone comment on this? what does is it mean when it says "as it involves the use of all three truth tests"? What role does Reason play in Natural sciences?
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I don't know if our school is one of the few who are trialling this, or if all IB schools are doing this, but this year they're testing online submissions for IAs - first starting with the TOK essay. Anyway, I was wondering how this worked? I tried to find some information about it, but found nothing. Does anyone have any info about it?
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Our ToK teacher gave us handouts with guidelines about the presentation, and a few suggestions as topics. Quite a few people in the class chose a topic which was on the paper, my teacher was fine with it, but I just read a post about plagiarism issues with the ToK essay and presentation...Does taking a topic from a handout count as plagiarism, if I get my own information separately?
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So my tok oral presentation topic is: To what extent should we cure people of their fears and phobia. Can you please suggest how I should approach this topic and some knowledge issues that goes with this topic?
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My partner and I were either thinking about doing: What is good comedy? what funny and what isn't? When do you cross the line between funny and plain rude or wrong? is it true when they say 'if they laugh its funny'? But we're not sure how to present it and if it's even any good. We just want to have a topic that will interest people. Otherwise we have in store: Does it matter whether or not our perception of reality is true? Which one is better and how can we present it to make it the most entertaining while still sticking to the areas/ways of knowing?
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Hi, My ToK teacher has told me, out of the blue, that my presentation is due 8/2 (less than 6 days from now). I ain't got no clue on ToK, I think I might've survived the essay thanks to other users' help on another post I made. So, I chose "The reliability of the Internet as a source of information" as a topic. How can I put this as a knowledge issue? Is okay? What format would you suggest I use? I'm doing it alone, and I've gotta talk for 10' straight. Would you suggest a PPT pres, or is there a better option? How do I relate this to areas and ways of knowing? I was thinking ethics and language; but I don't know how to introduce that in my presentation without making it…
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hey. my friend and i are doing our tok presentation and need help on it because we are very confused!! :/ we are doing "To what extent is dance a language?" our teacher told us to be analytical, to use tok terms. we need to work on language and perception. our examples for are: ~ So you think you can dance ~an indian love story how these communicate against: ~krumping (in dance you can't communicate sentences of a message) thank you in advance for any help on ow we can approach this question!!
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PLEASE HELP?
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is logic one of area of knowledge?
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I am going to be a freshman next year, and I am planning to take full IB. What is "Theory of Knowledge?"
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Please help me understand this question better. I understand that we are all learning scholars and we need to help each other to move forward. This is my TOK Topic. Please help me understand the question better as I dont understand it much. "Is it an oversimplification to claim that some Ways of Knowing give us facts while others provide interpretations?" Thank you all
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