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.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
They're Everywhere
As you finish term projects and prepare for exams, be on the lookout for interesting ways of knowing. For Friday, please describe an instance to which you then apply the question "does knowledge, including culture, depend on language?" For Monday, build on the observation and analysis of a classmate; extract a knowledge issue from another's Friday post and connect it to a separate moment of knowledge of your own. You may even wish to view the moment through an Andersonian lens.
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