Gaurang Kumar Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Hi everyone i needed help to think of a few supporting points and evidence for my ToK final essay.The question i chose to do my paper on is: "Knowledge is generated through the interaction of critical and creative thinking. Evaluate this statement in two areas of knowledge."i know the question seems easy enough and i already got part of my intro done, but im really bad when it comes to essays and ToK is not my best subject.All replys will be helpful!Thx a lot. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted December 30, 2010 Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 Well have you decided which areas of knowledge to focus on? I suggest one with a lot of interaction of said modes of thinking, and one where you reckon it's limited. Gives you plenty of counterarguments. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaurang Kumar Posted December 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2010 i was planning on doing mathematics as one area but i dont know about the other area of knowledge Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted December 31, 2010 Report Share Posted December 31, 2010 Well, just go through them and consider to yourself: how and in what ways do I/people of the past have to think critically to gain knowledge in this subject? Same for creative thinking. Then go for the one which you can explain the best It's in your interest to do this 'cause you've got to write the explanation too.I assume Maths is going to be your one with hardly any creative thinking in.You should also look at the word 'generated'. Do we 'generate' knowledge, or do we come across it? And how are you going to define 'critical' thinking? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbtqueen Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 when it says 'evaluate in two areas of knowledge', is it set in stone that there can only be two AK mentioned in the essay? or can there be more ? i'm thinking of using engineering as an example, but i'm not quite confident about it because if it's true that we're only allowed to mention two AKs, engineering is a mix of science and math and aesthetics. ... Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julia32 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Share Posted January 26, 2011 Art and English Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MV.IB Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Can someone help me please? I'm doing art and mathematics Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyched4IB Posted April 15, 2011 Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 Art and EnglishI don't think English is a AoK...Isn't Language a WoK? 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 can I write on 3 AOKs? I know it obviously asks me to use 2 AOKs but will I be penalised if I use 3? or do I better play safe? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandwich Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 can I write on 3 AOKs? I know it obviously asks me to use 2 AOKs but will I be penalised if I use 3? or do I better play safe?I doubt you'll be actively penalised but you're penalising yourself, you shouldn't be able to write about more than 2 in sufficient detail in such a small number of words. Doing 3 means you're not doing a sufficiently good job of the 2 others. I would definitely only use 2. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 okay, I've got examples in Maths, Econs (Human Sci?), Literature and Natural Sci.which two AOKs out of those do you suggest me to pick?thank you! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 can anybody hint me a little on what they mean by 'critical thinking'?I've read the definitions of 'critical' from various sources/dictionaries but I still don't really get it.is it as simple as being able to make judgements?I had this impression that thinking critically means when we are told something we evaluate first whether it's true or not. is it what is actually meant by 'thinking critically'? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 can anybody hint me a little on what they mean by 'critical thinking'?I've read the definitions of 'critical' from various sources/dictionaries but I still don't really get it.is it as simple as being able to make judgements?I had this impression that thinking critically means when we are told something we evaluate first whether it's true or not. is it what is actually meant by 'thinking critically'?In the context of the question it would mean reason, more specifically deductive reasoning. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 do you mind elaborating a little more? my teacher didn't explain much about deductive reasoning. he said it's just like: major premise: all A is B minor premise: C is A conclusion: C is B that's it! how is that critical at all? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 do you mind elaborating a little more? my teacher didn't explain much about deductive reasoning. he said it's just like: major premise: all A is B minor premise: C is A conclusion: C is B that's it! how is that critical at all? One approach which people take towards ToK is that they take the words in the question or quote and try to define them to the extent where it allows no flexibility whatsoever. Don't do that. Critical thinking simply means a process of thought/ a thinking process which is logical. Given that the premises you stated were true, the conclusion must be true as the argument is valid. That is critical thinking. You were correct to say that in evaluation you use critical thinking. Evaluation is basically trying to find the limitations of the argument; this is usually done through finding flaws in the premises or proving that the argument is not valid. 1 Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 can my knowledge issue be a question that begins with "To what extent can X be ...?" Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel Posted June 17, 2011 Report Share Posted June 17, 2011 can my knowledge issue be a question that begins with "To what extent can X be ...?"Catch number two, the main knowledge issue is always in the question. You must decode the knowledge issue in the question and explore it, then reach a judgement about such a knowledge issue. So its not like in the presentation where you can come up with your own. The 'sub-knowledge issues; or derived knowledge issue are really the paragraphs of your essay. So what is the knowledge issue hidden in the question? Look at the question, it takes a position (imagine the first sentence in quotes) so its basically providing and answer; what is it an answer to? The question is the knowledge issue. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanSpencer Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 This is interesting. I am thinking maybe critical thinking is always also creative. So you could maybe challenge the question like that. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 is it necessary to discuss all the 4 ways of knowing in this essay?any ideas anyone in Natural Sciences or Maths? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessskris Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 can anybody give an example of how one generates knowledge through both critical and creative thinking? Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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