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The Knowledge FrameworkConcepts/Language

Scope & ApplicationsLinks to Personal

Knowledge

MethodologyHistorical Development

Areas of Knowledge

Human SciencesNatural Sciences

MathematicsHistoryThe Arts

Ethics

Indigenous Knowledge

Religious Knowledge

Ways of Knowing

ImaginationMemory

FaithReasonIntuition

Language

Sense Perception

Emotion

Knowledge is . . .

2 Key Metaphors for the Course

Each area of knowledge is like a culture

Maps are . . . .

Useful

Practical

Not the same as the territory they represent

Reflect a particular perspective

May be modified depending on what purpose they serve

Culture is . . . .The Social Group of People who are

practitioners

Dynamic and Changing

The shared norms and body of beliefs of a group

If an area of knowledge has its own culture, then . . .

Complex Real World Simplified Knowledge

Nash Equilibrium Theorem

JOHN NASH MAKES HIS DISCOVERY

Scene from Beautiful Mind

TOK SANDWICHCOMPLEX REAL WORLD

SIMPLIFIED KNOWLEDGE

TOK SECOND ORDER QUESTIONS (KQ’S)

Discuss claims In Groups

Choose someone to jot down your ideas/thoughts on the back of the claims card provided for you by your teacher

Report back to whole class

The Claims(a) There is some knowledge we should not seek.(b) Sometimes it is better to have false beliefs.(c) We can never know anything with absolute certainty.

(d) It is always better to know the truth when this is possible.

(e) All truth is relative. (or) What is true for you may not be true for me.

THE TRUMAN SHOW1998 FILM DIRECTED BY PETER WEIR STARRING JIM CARREY, LAURA LINNEY, ED HARRIS, NOAH EMMERLICH

Write Down these Questions1. Truman is “on the air, unaware.” Is ignorance bliss?

2. What obstacles stand in the way of Truman’s recognition of the world he inhabits?

3. How does Truman eventually discover the truth of his predicament? What tools does he use?

4. Christof claims at one point, “we accept the reality of the world with which we are presented.” What are your thoughts on this claim?