"Probability but no truth, facility but no freedom--it is owing to these two fruits that the tree of knowledge cannot be confused with the tree of life."This blog will consist of anything related to TOK. I will attempt to examine the question and investigate why we know what we have taught.
Monday, 9 September 2013
Wednesday, 4 September 2013
The ladder of abstraction.
Real Life Situation: Mr Moussay's grandfather used to think that fruits would ripen earlier than they would normally because of global warming
Knowledge Claim: This is a belief
Topic: Heat, Global warming.
Poor Question: why does Mr Moussay's grandfather believe that fruits ripen earlier than usual due to global warming?
Intermediate Question: As global warming is increasing why does Mr Moussay's grandfather think that fruits are ripening earlier than usual?
Good Question: Using memory, experience and intuition, to what extent does Mr Moussay's grandfathers statement persuade you in believing it?
Real Life Situation: Mr Moussay's grandfather used to think that fruits would ripen earlier than they would normally because of global warming
Knowledge Claim: This is a belief
Topic: Heat, Global warming.
Poor Question: why does Mr Moussay's grandfather believe that fruits ripen earlier than usual due to global warming?
Intermediate Question: As global warming is increasing why does Mr Moussay's grandfather think that fruits are ripening earlier than usual?
Good Question: Using memory, experience and intuition, to what extent does Mr Moussay's grandfathers statement persuade you in believing it?
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Ranking The DP Subjects
For me to be able to succeed in my Diploma Program, I have to get 12 points minimum in my HL subjects, and no lower than a 3 points in any HL subject and 24 points minimum overall. The subjects that i have chosen to do in DP are:
English Literature HL
Business HL
Business HL
ITGS HL
Biology SL
Biology SL
Mathematics SL
Spanish ab
A diploma educated student will need to be balanced everywhere. As a diploma student, I have to know which subjects have priority over others, in this case as I want to be an international business man, English Literature will be the most important subject, as its a language and it will be needed to be able to communicate in the future, wether inside the business or outside the business, I think that this point is supported by intuition as this is a fact, and is direct perception of truth that english can be the best way to communicate. Secondly Mathematics will be needed, an will be an important aspect of my future, as business has a lot of finance and will need the candidate to be able to calculate and solve all types of problems to be a successful business. Business and Management will be the next on my list as it is what is want to do in the future, and i need to have background information about business to successfully enter university. ITGS is the following subject that i picked, as everything in the current world is running and surviving on technology, mostly businesses as they need a very wide variety of technology to help them make business simpler and more interesting, however ITGS is common knowledge as everything that happens is in the global society, and everyone and everything is aware of it. Biology will be needed as most universities will need at least one science, so that they know a candidate has some information about the world we live in. Lastly, Spanish as it is a new subject that I could use in the future, but not 100% guaranteed. While ranking the subjects when ranked 6th, it doesn't mean that the subject is not important but there are other subjects that are more important, depending on the students future decisions.
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