The Theory of Knowledge—a core element of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme—is a course in epistemology and practical philosophy. By examining short texts (including but not limited to local and world issues, philosophy, history and its perspectives, and scientific research) and the knowledge issues they contain and inspire, you will gain the skills necessary to analyze knowledge claims, their underlying assumptions, and their implications.
Monday, April 2, 2012
He's so haole he doesn't even know he's haole
For Monday morning, in the context of Peggy McIntosh's article, consider your own knapsack. In what different settings of your life do you have advantages and disadvantages? To what degrees are they unspoken, unacknowledged? What might you do to level the playing field? Is it possible to increase the power and privilege of one group without a reciprocal lessening of the advantaged group? In addition to your comments, please extract and post one knowledge question from the article. Here's the source of this week's title: a clip from North Shore.
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